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 ...

Chip-enabled credit cards will now become the standard for consumers and business owners. Banks and credit companies have been sending consumers new cards, which look like their old cards but are ...

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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 ...

A major deadline is approaching for all gas stations across the country.By Oct. 1, all stations must accept more secure chip cards for transactions at the pump instead of magnetic stripe cards that ...

The payment card industry is no less vulnerable to the shortage of computer chips than any of the major tech industries — like smartphone makers and video game companies — but the strain on components ...