We’re now all used to near-limitless storage on flash and other semiconductor technologies, but there was a time when persistent storage was considerably less easy to achieve. A 1970s ...

EMV chip cards are, in fact, more secure than traditional magnetic-stripe cards, which store unchanging data that can be easily copied (skimmed) by thieves and used to produce counterfeit cards.

If a merchant does not adopt chip-and-signature card technology, relying only on traditional magnetic stripe technology, it would be responsible for any fraud. This could be severely damaging to ...

Many financial institutions and credit card companies have swapped out traditional magnetic stripe cards and replaced them with newer chip-equipped credit cards. Chip cards — also known as EMV ...

your EMV card can be read with a swipe, just like a traditional magnetic-stripe card. "You can still conduct transactions, you just lose that extra level of chip security," Johnson says.

Smart Cards have emerged as a revolutionary advancement in the realm of payment solutions, offering a significant upgrade ...

Thursday marks a milestone in the effort to shift the U.S. to the use of microchip-embedded credit cards, a more secure alternative to traditional cards that require the swipe of a magnetic stripe.

The chip-based credit cards have significantly improved security over the traditional magnetic stripe cards. However, the transition will be challenging because every business that accepts credit ...

“Based on the decline in payments powered by magnetic stripes after chip-based payments took hold, newly-issued Mastercard credit and debit cards will not be required to have a stripe starting ...