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In recent weeks three surveys have been released that assess the U.S. fraud landscape across all of these audiences. These reports provide a holistic snapshot of where payments fraud in the U.S. is today.

Despite some declines, payments fraud remains a major concern for credit unions. Here's how experts suggest tackling the problem.

One New Jersey credit union is starting 2018 with an unexpected crash course in fraud prevention, but there may only be so much anyone can do to curtail the problem.

There are a number of tactics and solutions organizations can employ to shut down the favored methods of fraudsters, including the use of bots and device compromise, writes Michael Lynch, chief strategy officer at InAuth.

Most U.S. merchants faced a 2015 deadline for EMV compliance, but gas stations have until 2020. Those extra years bring with them an assortment of new technology that can fundamentally change the ways motorists fuel up.

Seeking a way to facilitate higher-value contactless transactions, the Bank of Cyprus plans to issue an EMV card deploying biometric authentication to replace a PIN code.

Some of the most important work in payments happens before the transaction, when retailers have to make sure their devices can handle the new technologies and card types that are about to get thrust upon them.

Gemalto’s business boomed a couple of years ago at the peak of the U.S. EMV migration, but when new card orders tapered off and payments technology turned in new directions, the company’s profits got hammered.

Atos SE made a 4.3-billion-euro ($5.06 billion) unsolicited bid for Gemalto NV with the backing of the French state’s investment bank, seeking to create a European leader in cybersecurity, digital technologies and payment services.

Discover's shift starts in April 2018. Mastercard has also eliminated signatures for credit and debit card transactions.