The chip and PIN credit card revolution is well under way in the United States, and the change is leaving many consumers wondering, "What's the big deal?" The truth is, this new chip and PIN ...

Late next year, the United States will begin to catch up with the rest of the advanced world in credit card security. We’ll begin adopting hard-to-crack chip technology on credit cards. If we’d had ...

A chip and PIN card is a credit card that includes microchip technology and a personal identification number (PIN) to securely verify a cardholder during a transaction. The embedded microchip is ...

EMV, which stands for Europay, MasterCard, and Visa, refers to the chip and PIN credit card technology commonly used in Europe and elsewhere around the world. Credit cards that incorporate an embedded ...

The history of credit and debit cards is a fascinating narrative of innovation and progress. This account explores the key technologies behind their functionality, focusing on the magnetic stripe, ...

You’ll want to choose a credit card that will be widely accepted at your destination, with capabilities for contactless or chip-and-PIN transactions. You can save money by going with a card that doesn ...

President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday to have secure chip-and-PIN technology embedded into government-issued credit and debit cards as part of a broader move aimed at stemming ...

Antitrust is supposed to protect consumers from high costs, but consumers are plainly huge fans of low-cost, no-debt debit ...

Chip cards are less vulnerable to skimming than magnetic stripe cards, but they aren’t completely safe. Crooks can still capture your card information from a chip card using a technique called ...