Chip-and-PIN readers can be tricked into accepting transactions without a valid personal identification number, opening the door to fraud, researchers have found. Researchers at Cambridge University ...

Today is the day that every merchant in the US is expected to have new terminals installed that can accept chip-enabled cards, the secure credit card technology that is ubiquitous in Europe and Canada ...

MasterCard Worldwide didn’t come right out and say it, but the card brand is encouraging U.S. issuers and merchants to embrace chip-and-PIN technology as part of a migration to the EMV smart card ...

Chip and PIN cards are here, almost. On Thursday, October 1st, all merchants in the United States are supposed to be equipped with new credit card machines that accept Chip and PIN technology.

Question: My credit union was the first of my credit card companies to send me the new chip and PIN card. It’s not that I don’t trust technology, but I’d like to test the card before I leave for ...

ATM skimmers have improved to the point where they're smaller, more agile and swiping money from cash machines throughout Europe. As noted by Brian Krebs, the European ATM Security Team (EAST) has ...

The news last week that Home Depot is suing MasterCard and Visa for allegedly forcing consumers to use unsecure credit cards raises the question: Wasn’t the whole point of the new chip-embedded cards ...