EMV

The company is approaching kiosks and other unstaffed payment terminals, which have lagged behind in the chip migration and in some cases are using NFC payments to bypass chips entirely.

Achieving the coveted “top of wallet” status is tough for banks, not least because their own credit and debit cards often compete with one another for priority status with the same customers.

Achieving the coveted “top of wallet” status is tough for banks, not least because their own credit and debit cards often compete with one another for priority status with the same customers.

2017 promises to be a defining year for many in the payments industry. Here's a look at what to expect.

ATM maker Diebold Nixdorf plans to unveil its smallest EMV-enabled payment terminal yet, a self-checkout unit that’s designed to fit into small retail spaces and supports cash, cards and contactless payments, but lacks a magnetic stripe reader, the company said in a Jan. 9 press release.

Banks such as TCF Financial and Citigroup are adding Near Field Communication to their EMV cards to address consumers' displeasure.

Prior to the October 2015 EMV chip-card liability shift in the U.S., various merchant groups expressed concerns about factors that would keep them from meeting that deadline — some of which remain beyond their control.

The EMV migration, online marketplaces and e-banking are giving crooks lots of places to commit fraud. Security strategy has to be more dynamic to keep up.

2017 promises to be a defining year for many in the payments industry. Here's a look at what to expect.

The large scale of the U.S. payment card market prompted many issuers to keep things simple by sticking with contact-only chip cards when they finally moved to support EMV, but now certain issuers are taking a new tack by adding Near Field Communication technology to their chip-enabled cards.