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Home Depot Plays Chip Card in Suit vs. Card Networks

Despite some early success, it can’t be ignored that there are still many merchants that cannot accept EMV chip cards.

Instead of fighting to own customer data, banks need to embrace a new model: becoming personal data banks that help customers do more than manage money.

If banks don't weigh in on an appropriate privacy standard, they risk letting outside events spark onerous new regulations.

Synchrony Rattles Markets; Flash Boys Redux

Merchants and cardholders alike have been challenged by the perceived additional time to complete the EMV transaction. These concerns pushed both Visa and MasterCard to create a response to improve the speed of transacting: Visa's Quick Chip and MasterCard's M/Chip Fast.

Fears about repurchase requests made by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac persisted beyond the crisis, but those fears don't match actual repurchase numbers.

Cybercriminals understand psychology just as much as they do technology. Here are steps your bank employees must take to mitigate the risk of phishing and other attacks.

New Finra Chief; More Basel Hand-Wringing

To survive and thrive in the rapidly evolving post-magnetic stripe landscape, U.S. merchants may do well to look to Brazil – a flourishing e-commerce market that completed its EMV liability shift in 2011.