Credit card issuers and merchants in the United States today face a liability shift tied to the new, more secure payment technology. Under the new liability standards, whichever party — either the ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South ...

This guide will help you understand credit card chip technology, how it works, and why it’s important for keeping your ...

Hey small business owners: If you haven’t prepared for the transition to chip-embedded credit and debit cards, you don’t have long. Here are some tips to help you meet the Oct. 1 deadline to get new ...

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 ...

Soon, U.S. overseas travelers’ frustrations with credit cards could ease. Visa and MasterCard have issued an October 2015 deadline for the switch from the swipe-and-sign cards, the standard in the U.S ...

HAYES, MIDDLESEX, U.K. -- In a move to reduce fraud, Safeway UK based here plans to become the first U.K. retailer to accept credit and debit cards embedded with microchips and validated via a ...