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Discover how EMV technology secures transactions, its benefits over traditional systems, and its limitations in online purchases. Learn what EMV means for your safety.

(NBC News) - MasterCard says 80 percent of its consumer credit cards in the U.S. are now chip enabled. But despite a deadline to retailers to have them installed and running by last October, less than ...

Starting Oct. 1, a new standard in credit card technologies goes into effect. — -- Chip-enabled credit cards will now become the standard for consumers and business owners. Banks and credit ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- When credit card chip encryption was implemented here in the U.S., its goal was to ultimately crack down on fraudulent charges. While that EMV chip technology is more secure, ...

CHICAGO, Illinois -- The chips in credit and debit cards protect consumers from hackers, but the same technology could make you a victim of fraud, the I-Team at our sister station WLS-TV found. The ...

LAS VEGAS (CNN) — Computer researchers claim to have found yet another flaw in the upgrade to the chip-based credit cards in the United States. The chip on these credit cards have been praised for ...

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 ...