U.S. Payments Forum in the News
The U.S. Payments Forum has an active communications program to promote industry messages in business, vertical market, and technology publications. Coverage results from both Forum press releases and interviews with publications writing articles about the Forum. Selected recent coverage is shown below with links to online articles.
September 2016
- 9/30/2016, Computerworld, “Chip-card rollout a year later — slow and, mostly, sure”
- 9/28/2016, Credit Card Forum Blog, “1-year EMV check-up: Is U.S. on track?”
- 9/8/2016, SMB Retail Technology, “Your Guide To Mitigating Chargebacks”
August 2016
- 8/17/2016, The Green Sheet, “US Payments Forum webinar to explore EMV chargeback best practices”
- 8/16/2016, Bank News, “U.S. Payments Forum Hosts Chicago Workshop for Independent ATM Owners, Banks, Credit Unions on How to Implement EMV at the ATM”
- 8/16/2016, The Green Sheet, “US Payments Forum hosts Chicago workshop on ATM EMV implementation”
- 8/16/2016, Business Insider, “The US Payments Forum clarifies payments security standards”
- 8/15/2016, Dark Reading, “US Payments Forum Publishes Update to Payment Networks Minimum Requirements for US EMV Chip Deployment”
- 8/12/2016, Mobile Payments Today, “US Payments Forum publishes update for EMV chip deployment”
- 8/12/2016, Finextra, US Payments Forum updates minimum requirements for US EMV chip deployment
- 8/11/2016, The Green Sheet, US Payments Forum publishes EMV Minimum Requirements Matrix
- 8/11/2016, CU Today, Chip Deployment Guide Gets Update
- 8/8/2016, PaymentsSource, Post-EMV Chargebacks Show No Sign of Slowing Down
- 8/4/2016, Digital Transactions, PayNearMe Strikes Comcast Payment Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs
- 8/3/2016, ATM Marketplace, Payments forum white paper highlights EMV chargeback practices
- 8/2/2016, The Green Sheet, US Payments Forum publishes EMV Chargeback Best Practices
- 8/1/2016, Convenience Store Decisions, EMV – A Journey to Learn From
- 8/1/2016, The Green Sheet, EMV advances beyond compliance
July 2016
- 7/26/2016, NACS Online, “EMV Migration Forum Changes Name to U.S. Payments Forum”
- 7/21/2016, Associations Now, “EMV Migration Forum Changes Name, Expands Mission”
- 7/21/2016, Bank News, “EMV Migration Forum Changes Name to U.S. Payments Forum”
- 7/21/2016, The Green Sheet, “EMV Migration Forum changes name to US Payments Forum”
- 7/21/2016, Banking Business Review, “EMV Migration Forum gets a new name”
- 7/21/2016, ATM Marketplace, “EMV Migration Forum to assume new name, focus”
- 7/21/2016, Mobile Payments Today, “Trade group to focus on all emerging payments in US”
- 7/21/2016, Slate.com, “Why You Still Can’t Use a Chip Card Everywhere”
- 7/20/2016, Finextra, “EMV Migration Forum changes name to US Payments Forum”
- 7/20/2016, PaymentsSource, “EMV Group Rebrands to Go Beyond Chip Cards”
- 7/18/2016, CreditCards.com, “Buying gift cards with a credit card gets harder, for now”
- 7/8/2016, Credit.com, “Do You Really Need a Special Case to Keep Your Credit Card Safe?”
- 7/5/2016, KTVH News Helena, “Helena businesses make transition to debit and credit cards with chips”
June 2016
- 6/16/2016, Computerworld, “Visa moves to streamline chip-card processing certifications”
- 6/3/2016, Buffalo Business Journal, “Transition to chip cards requires time, money”
May 2016
- 5/31/2016, CreditCards.com, “ATMs changing to accept EMV chip cards”
- 5/262016, PaymentsSource, “New ‘Faster Payments’ Efforts Take Aim at EMV”
- 5/10/2016, The Green Sheet, “Innovators chip away at EMV transaction speed”
- 5/9/2016, NACS Online, “Peeling Back Data Security”
- 5/5/2016, ATM Marketplace, “EMV Migration Forum publishes testing, certification update”
- 5/5/2016, NFC World, “EMV Migration Forum releases EMV testing and certification white paper”
- 5/5/2016, SMB Retail¸ “Snapshot In Time: EMV In The USA”
- 5/3/2016, The Green Sheet, “EMV Migration Forum issues EMV chip terminal testing, certification update”
April 2016
- 4/29/2016, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, “6 Things You Must Know About Chip Cards”
- 4/26/2016, Business Solutions, “EMV Migration Forum Supports Industry In Ongoing US EMV Chip Migration With New Implementation Resources”
- 4/26/2016, ATM Marketplace, “EMV Migration Forum intros new implementation resources”
- 4/21/2016, PaymentsSource, “Can Contactless Cards Stage a Comeback in the U.S.?”
- 4/21/2016, Computerworld, “Chip card payment confusion, anger rages on”
- 4/19/2016, PYMNTS, “Visa Puts The ‘Quick’ Into EMV”
- 4/7/2016, Baltimore Sun, “Is that little chip in your card really protecting you?”
- 4/4/2016, BankInfoSecurity, “Preparing for the Migration of Fraud”
- 4/4/2016, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, “6 Things You Must Know About Chip Cards”
March 2016
- 3/31/2013, Banking Exchange, “Retailers lag in accepting chip cards”
- 3/23/2016, CBS Illinois, “Customers try to pay with chip cards, why retailers aren’t ready”
- 3/17/2016, Payments Views, “Expanding the Smart Card’s Role”
- 3/16/2016, Mobile Payments Today, “Six months after the US EMV liability shift, where do we stand?”
- 3/16/2016, PaymentsSource, “Retailers Alter Strategies as EMV Liability Losses Mount”
- 3/16/2016, Credit.com, “Retailers Have Chip Card Readers. Why Aren’t They Using Them?”
February 2016
- 2/29/2016, SecureIDNews, “Converge health care ID and payments”
- 2/29/2016, PaymentsSource, “EMV Leaves a Poor Taste with More Restaurateurs”
- 2/26/2016, Inside Business, “Pam Ellyson: The effect of EMV technology on merchants”
- 2/23/2016, Forbes, “Pay At The Pump Mobile App Could Eliminate Need For Costly EMV Conversions At Gas Stations”
- 2/19/2016, Wired, “Excruciating New Credit Cards Finally Give Apple Pay a Problem to Solve”
- 2/15/2016, Lehigh Valley Business, “EMV debut shifts fraudsters’ focus to online”
- 2/13/2016, Fresno Bee, “Fresno merchants lag in readiness to handle ‘smart cards’”
- 2/8/2016, PaymentsSource, “Cook Pushes Tech’s Limits in Target’s Lab and Industry Collaboration”
- 2/2/2016, NBC News, “Identity Thieves Changing Tactics to Steal Your Money, Report Says”
- 2/2/2016, PaymentsSource, “America’s Biggest EMV Issues Affect the Smallest Stores”
January 2016
- 1/22/2016, BankInfoSecurity, “EMV Update: The Rise of Mobile Payments”
- 1/12/2016, Payment Week, “What You Need to Know About Card-Not-Present Fraud”
December 2015
- 12/30/2015, CU Insight, “Risks to bear in mind with instant-issue EMV cards”
- 12/23/2015, Fox 59, “Many local businesses miss October deadline for chip card readers”
- 12/21/2015, PaymentsSource, “The ‘Year’ of EMV Doesn’t Stop Anytime Soon”
- 12/14/2015, Bank Think, “Don’t Let EMV Quash Cardholders’ Instant Gratification”
- 12/1/2015, PaymentsSource, “Black Friday Was a Crash Course in EMV”
November 2015
- 11/13/2015, San Francisco Chronicle, “Netflix alone gripes about chip card transition”
- 11/12/2015, Associations Now, “With Deadline in Rearview, EMV Expansion Still Putters Along”
- 11/10/2015, American Banker, “Why Is the U.S. Taking So Long to Migrate to Chip Cards?”
- 11/10/2015, Bank News, “EMV Migration Forum Creates New Working Committee”
- 11/3/2015, ATM Marketplace, “EMV Migration Forum paper takes on EMV instant issuance issues”
- 11/2/2015, Credit.com, “Chip & PAIN? Some Cardholders Frustrated With Slow Transition”
October 2015
- 10/30/2015, Independent Banker, “ATMs and EMV”
- 10/22/2015, RV Pro Magazine, “Businesses Snagged in Logjam Over Credit Card Upgrade”
- 10/8/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “EMV Rollout: Are We There Yet?”
- 10/8/2015, NetworkWorld, “Why have most merchants missed the EMV deadline?”
- 10/7/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “EMV Rollout: Are We There Yet?”
- 10/2/2015, BizReport, “Are you EMV-ready? If not, it could prove costly”
- 10/1/2015, Gizmodo, “Everything You Should Know About the New EMV Chip Credit Card Payment System”
- 10/1/2015, CreditCards.com, “7 merchant tips to understanding EMV fraud liability shift”
September 2015
- 9/30/2015, CFO.com, “New Chip Cards Have Security Flaw, Retailers Say”
- 9/30/2015, Boston Globe, “Retailers with new payment system less likely to be targets”
- 9/30/2015, Boston Globe, “Credit card’s chip on their shoulders: Fraud liability to be on issuers, merchants”
- 9/29/2015, CreditCards.com, “With chip card switch upon us, who do I call about fraud?”
- 9/29/2015, Bankrate, “6 steps to protect your credit card from a data breach”
- 9/29/2015, Chattooga County Radio (Georgia), “BBB Business Tip: EMV Chip Cards”
- 9/26/2015, Knoxville News Sentinel, “Chip-based cards on rise”
- 9/25/2015, Houston Chronicle, “Swipe that! Computer chips make life harder on cheats”
- 9/25/2015, ZDNet, “EMV apathy? Why small businesses are avoiding the POS upgrade”
- 9/25/2015, Credit.com, “The Big Problem With Those New Credit Cards That No One’s Talking About”
- 9/23/2015, NJTV News, “Credit Card Chips Provide Enhanced Security To Customers, But Cost Businesses”
- 9/22/2015, ComputerWorld, “Chip card reality check: Oct. 1 deadline termed a ‘soft incentive’”
- 9/21/2015, HTR News, “Deadline looms for new credit card technology”
- 9/21/2015, Bulletin Leader, “Mailbag: Shouldn’t my new credit card have one of those chips?”
- 9/20/2015, San Diego Union Tribune, “Confusion At The Checkout Counter”
- 9/20/2015, North Jersey Record, “North Jersey’s retailers using new card readers”
- 9/18/2015, Business Solutions, “New EMV Resources Are Available To RSPA Members”
- 9/17/2015, NRF Blog, “What small businesses need to know about the EMV deadline”
- 9/15/2015, The Tennessean, “Nashville-area businesses, banks prepare for chip cards”
- 9/15/2015, Forbes (BrandVoice), “Breaches And Chips: The Coming Revolution In Payment Cards”
- 9/14/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “EMV: Why U.S. Will Miss Oct. Deadline”
- 9/10/2015, Business Solutions, “EMV Migration Forum Webinar Focuses On Securing Card-Not-Present Transactions”
- 9/7/2015, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, “Kiplinger’s Personal Finance: Making the Transition to Credit Cards With Microchips”
- 9/5/2015, Sun Herald, “New chip tech coming to credit cards”
- 9/5/2015, CNBC, “Banks fighting back against card fraud”
- 9/3/2015, Apparel News, “Say Goodbye to Magnetic Stripe Credit Cards in October”
- 9/3/2015, CBS Chicago, “Days Numbered For Magnetic Strips As Companies Begin Circulating ‘Chip Cards’”
- 9/1/2015, Digital Transactions, “EMV’s Signature Moment”
August 2015
- 8/30/2015, USA Today, “With new chip credit cards on way here’s what consumers need to know”
- 8/27/2015, Detroit Free Press, “New chip tech coming to credit cards”
- 8/25/2015, PetrolWorld, “USA EMV Migration Update”
- 8/21/2015, NAFCU News, “Payments groups launch ‘CHIP IN’ EMV education initiative”
- 8/21/2015, Business Solutions, “EMV Migration Forum Provides Information At RetailNOW 2015”
- 8/20/2015, Veterinary Business, “Will your veterinary practice be on the hook for credit card fraud?”
- 8/20/2015, Data Privacy Monitor, “EMV Liability Shift Update – What Liability Actually Shifts?”
- 8/20/2015, ABC15 Phoenix, “‘Smart Card’ to keep in-store purchases secure; some stores not ready to update technology yet”
- 8/20/2015, Mobile Payments Today, “Industry groups launch EMV consumer education initiative”
- 8/20/2015, ATM Marketplace, “Industry groups launch EMV consumer education initiative”
- 8/20/2015, CUInsight, “Industry-wide EMV Education Initiative Launched”
- 8/19/2015, PaymentsSource, “Industry Groups Partner on EMV Education”
- 8/13/2015, Vindy.com, “Switch to chips will protect customers, merchants”
- 8/12/2015, Hotel News Now, “Are you ready for EMV card adoption?”
- 8/12/2015, ComputerWorld, “FAQ: What you need to know about chip-embedded credit cards”
- 8/12/2015, Idaho State Journal, “Payment card security; Key deadline nears in slow U.S. switch to EMV chip technology that better secures debit & credit cards”
- 8/8/2015, McDonough Voice, “Credit regulation forcing merchants to upgrade”
- 8/7/2015, CreditCards.com, “CreditCards.com: EMV switch won’t eliminate travel woes”
- 8/1/2015, Security Magazine, “Credit Card Fraud Liability Changes Coming for Retailers”
July 2015
- 7/31/2015, American Banker, “As the U.S. Speeds Up Payments, Keep Your Eyes on These People”
- 7/31/2015, Grand Rapids Business Journal, “Don’t miss the switch: Why credit card chip technology matters”
- 7/30/2015, ATM Atom, “Implementing EMV at the ATM – A Continuing Concern”
- 7/27/2015, TMG, “TMG: Should #EMV Chip Cardholders Be Allowed to Change PIN at #ATM?”
- 7/27/2015, CIO, “Predicting winners and losers in the EMV rollout”
- 7/27/2015, Deseret News, “What consumers need to know about chip technology in their credit cards”
- 7/22/2015, Orthodontic Products, “Orthodontic Products: EMV Chip Switch”
- 7/21/2015, PaymentsSource, “The Durbin Amendment, Five Years Later, Proved Survivable
- 7/16/2015, ISO & Agent, “Acquirers Become Consultants as EMV Clock Ticks”
- 7/15/2015, FierceRetailIT, “Video gives simple explanation of EMV migration”
- 7/1/2105, FierceRetailIT, “EMV update: 75% of retailers to miss October deadline”
June 2015
- 6/30/2015, Hospitality Technology, “Think You’re Ready for EMV? 10 Steps To Implementing Chip Tech”
- 6/26/2015, Hotel Management, “Restaurants prepare for new credit card payment rules”
- 6/26/2015, Cision, “EMV Implementation: Is it Impacting Your Brand Reputation?”
- 6/23/2015, Computerworld, “Some users will ‘kick and scream’ at paying with slower chip cards”
- 6/19/2015, QSR, “The EMV Evolution”
- 6/18/2015, PaymentsSource, “PaymentsSource: ATM Operators Get Guidelines for EMV Debit Acceptance”
- 6/12/2015, ATM Marketplace, “Forum answers FAQs about US common debit AIDs at ATMs”
- 6/10/2015, AP, “Why Americans are getting new credit cards”
- 6/11/2015, Business Solutions, “EMV Migration Forum Releases Guidance On EMV Debit Technical Framework, Liability Shift”
- 6/4/2015, Mobile Payments Today, “New document aims to clarify fraud liability under EMV”
- 6/3/2015, PaymentsSource, “Payment Companies Are Benefiting from a Culture of Collaboration”
- 6/2/2015, Business Solutions, “EMV Migration Forum Provides Explanation Of Fraud Liability Shifts, Advances U.S. EMV Chip Migration For Payments Stakeholders”
- 6/2/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “‘Roadmap’ Clarifies Fraud Liability Shift”
- 6/2/2015, BAI, “Eliminating the EMV Migration Migraine”
- 6/1/2015, Collection Point, “Safe and secure—what EMV migration means for the US transportation industry”
- 6/1/2015, SC Magazine, “The long and winding road: EMV adoption”
May 2015
- 5/29/2015, ZDNet, “How the EMV shift could impact online retailers”
- 5/28/2015, Consumer Reports, “New ways to prevent credit-card fraud”
- 5/20/2015, The Members Group, “#EMV Knowledge Center Valuable Resource”
- 5/18/2015, Data Privacy Monitor, “Explaining the Implications for Merchants of EMV and the Liability Shift”
- 5/13/2015, Solution Providers for Retail, “A Payments Solution Provider’s Guide to Educating Merchants on EMV Technology”
- 5/13/2015, Paybefore, “Chase: 65% of Consumers in the Dark about Chip Cards”
- 5/12/2015, The Payers, “EMV website launches, enables education on chip card migration”
- 5/12/2015, PaymentsSource, “EMV Website Debuts as an Online Resource for Offline Security”
- 5/11/2015, PaymentsSource, “Debit Alliance Develops EMV Routing Options to Counter Card Brands”
- 5/8/2105, Credit Union Times, “EMV Forum Releases Contactless Debit Guidance”
- 5/8/2015, Chain Store Age, “EMV Countdown”
- 5/4/2015, SC Magazine, “SC Magazine Chip Cards eBook (2015)” [download]
- 5/7/2015, CardNotPresent.com, “EMV Groups Update Readiness Projections, Debit Technical Framework”
- 5/4/2015, Greensheet, “Payments Security Task Force predicts end 2017 for U.S. EMV shift”
- 5/4/2015, ATM Marketplace, “Chip card migration to be nearly complete by 2017, taskforce says”
- 5/3/2015, Solution Providers for Retail, “EMV Classes Help VARs Aid SMBs Update Payment Systems”
- 5/1/2015, ATM Marketplace, “EMV groups unite to simplify EMV testing, certification”
- 5/1/2015, Mobile Payments Today, “Industry organizations work to simplify EMV transition”
- 5/1/2015, PYMNTS, “Payments Heavy Hitters Move To Streamline Small-Merchant EMV Rollouts”
- 5/1/2015, Finextra, “Payments security groups join forces on chip-education programme
April 2015
- 4/30/2015, Credit Union Times, “EMV Chip Needs PIN, Too: Data Security Groups”
- 4/30/2015, PaymentsSource, “Security Groups Develop EMV Education Program for ISOs”
- 4/30/2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Website to answer queries on chips for credit cards”
- 4/23/2015, Retail Dive, “The hidden risk of EMV conversion: E-retail fraud”
- 4/20/2015, Credit Union Times, “Preventing Card-Not-Present Fraud Migration”
- 4/16/2015, CardNotPresent.com, “EMV Group Addresses Expected Jump in CNP Fraud with Best Practices”
- 4/14/2015, N>genuity Journal, “Could the Chip Card Transition Lead to More Online and Small-Merchant Fraud?”
- 4/14/2015, Wired, “Hacker Lexicon: What Are Chip and PIN Cards?”
- 4/9/2015, PaymentsSource, “The U.S. Shift to EMV: Little Time Left, and Many Have Yet to Start”
- 4/8/2015, CUNA, “Don’t delay Oct. 1 date for EMV security: EMV forum director”
- 4/7/2015, CardHub, “2015 EMV Migration Report”
- 4/7/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “EMV: Should Liability Shift Be Delayed?”
- 4/7/2015, PaymentsSource, “Chip-and-PIN or Signature? Issuers Could Leave It Up to Consumers”
- 4/3/2015, ATM Marketplace, “Networks define basic requirements for US EMV chip deployment”
- 4/3/2015, Convenience Store Decisions, “Counting Down to EMV Liability”
- 4/1/2015, ATM Marketplace, “EMV Migration Forum publishes paper on EMV PIN change at ATM”
- 4/1/2015, ISO & Agent, “EMV Hits a Bump at the Pump” (Print)
- 4/1/2015, CUToday.info, “White Paper On PIN Change At The ATM Is Published”
- 4/1/2015, FierceRetailIT, “Banks worried that retailers won’t be ready for EMV”
- 4/1/2015, Paybefore, “EMV in the U.S.: The Time Is Now”
- 4/1/2015, EMV 411, “PIN Change at the ATM: White Paper Published by the EMV Migration Forum”
March 2015
- 3/30/2015, Convenience Store News, “Minimum EMV Requirements Outlined to Meet Oct. 1 Deadline”
- 3/27/2015, BankNxt, “Managing the huge task of keeping EMV card data secure in the US”
- 3/24/2015, PaymentsViews, “Why EMV Will Lead the Payments Security Transformation“
- 3/13/2015, PaymentsSource, “Visa Steps Up EMV Education with City-by-City Tour”
- 3/13/2015, BankNews, “Here Comes EMV”
- 3/11/2015, Pay Security News, “As Millions of Chip Cards Roll Out, Most SMBs and Consumers Unaware of EMV“
- 3/10/2015, ATM Marketplace, “Talking EMV in the USA“
- 3/9/2015, PaymentWeek, “Why EMV Will Lead the Payments Security Transformation“
February 2015
- 2/25/2015, CreditCards.com, “Poll: wealthy getting EMV cards first”
- 2/25/2015, Finextra, “EMV Migration Forum releases best practices on chip-migration communication”
- 2/24/2015, ATM Marketplace, “EMV Migration Forum announces new leadership”
- 2/24/2015, Multi Channel Merchant, “Smart Card Technology Will Affect Your Fraud Prevention Strategy”
- 2/24/2015, Mobile Payments Today, “EMV Migration Forum announces new leadership”
- 2/19/2015, PaymentsSource, “Many Banks Won’t Be EMV-Ready by October”
- 2/18/2015, American Banker, “Bank EMV Upgrades Pit Cost Control Against Risk Control”
- 2/18/2015, Banking Exchange, “EMV migration well underway, says smart card group”
- 2/18/2015, BAI, “Hot Button Issues at BAI Payments Connect 2015”
- 2/16/2015, Multichannel Merchant, “EMV’s Impact in the U.S.”
- 2/12/2015, Credit Union Journal, “Consumers Eager For Chip Cards, But Will Need Education”
- 2/10/2015, TechTarget, “Will Chip and PIN technology boost payment card transaction security?”
- 2/10/2015, Hospitality Technology, “Payment Trends for 2015 Revealed at Payments Summit”
- 2/9/2015, PaymentsSource, “The Gas Pump EMV Migration Risks Getting Stuck in Traffic”
- 2/4/2015, FierceRetailIT, “EMV cards to see heavy use by year’s end”
January 2015
- 1/30/2015, POS News, “What Is the Security Behind EMV Chip Payments?”
- 1/28/2015, Computerworld, “Will the U.S. be ready with secure chip cards and payment terminals?”
- 1/22/2015, Pymnts, “Will The Liability Move Most US Merchants To EMV?”
- 1/21/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “Fed’s Debit Incentive for Banks Upheld”
- 1/21/2015, PaymentsSource, “Issuers Must Stop Dragging Their Feet on EMV: Arroweye CEO”
- 1/20/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “EMV: U.S. Won’t Make October Deadline”
- 1/13/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “Infographic: U.S. Migration to EMV”
- 1/10/2015, The Fresno Bee, “More chip cards coming to consumers, but merchant readiness is mixed”
- 1/7/2015, EET India, “How will mobile payment fare in 2015?”
- 1/6/2015, Marketplace.org, “Some new credit cards are more secure than others”
- 1/1/2015, Index Credit Cards, “How your credit cards are going to change in 2015”
December 2014
- 12/21/2014, CUtoday, “New Infographic Explains How Chip Cards Work”
- 12/19/2014, CSPnet, “Forum Offers EMV Chip Technology Roadmap (Infographic)”
- 12/19/2014, Bank Systems & Technology, “5 Things to Expect in Mobile Payments in 2015”
- 12/17/2014, Let’s Talk Payments, “What will Android Pay Look Like? An Infographic”
- 12/16/2014, GreenSheet, “EMV Migration Forum releases infographic on future of U.S. payments”
- 12/15/2014, Retail Info Systems, “Understanding the Security Behind Chip Transactions”
- 12/15/2014, Banking Technology, “US shifts to EMV as Obama and Apple weigh in”
- 12/11/2014, ATM Marketplace, “EMF video demystifies the cryptogram”
- 12/11/2014, Hospitality Technology, “What Is the Security Behind EMV Chip Payments?”
- 12/3/2014, SNL, “Full EMV compliance not expected for several years”
- 12/1/2014, ATM Marketplace, “EMV at the ATM: The devil is in the details”
November 2014
- 11/10/2014, Credit Union Journal, “The Road Less Traveled: EMV for Debit Cards; Focus Has Been on Chip-and-PIN Technology for Credit Cards, but Debit Cards Face Additional Issues” (Subscription required)
- 11/6/2014, CardRatings.com, “Everything you need to know about EMV credit cards”
October 2014
- 10/29/2014, CreditCards.com, “EMV switch won’t eliminate travel woes”
- 10/27/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “How Will Apple Pay Impact U.S. EMV?”
- 10/23/2014, PaymentsSource, “How the EMV Transition Impacts ATMs”
- 10/20/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “What’s the President’s Influence on EMV?”
- 10/17/2014, American Banker, “Obama’s Chip and PIN Move is ‘Meaningless,’ Analysts Say”
- 10/10/2014, Hospitality Technology, “A Roadmap to EMV”
- 10/9/2014, CBS Chicago, “Switch To Safer ‘Chip’ Cards Not Happening Fast Enough For Some Consumers“
- 10/9/2014, ATM Marketplace, “Considerations for EMV migration at the ATM”
- 10/6/2014, Chain Store Age, “Mitigating the Risk of Retail Breaches: What to Know About EMV Security” (Subscription Required)
- 10/5/2014, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “‘Smart cards’: Chipping away at credit card fraud”
- 10/2/2014, Credit.com, “There Could Be Something Hidden Inside Your New Debit Card”
- 10/1/2014, MLive.com, “Credit card changes: A year from now, you may be ‘dipping’ instead of ‘swiping’”
- 10/1/2014, Creditcards.com, “Small businesses slow in converting to EMV card readers”
September 2014
- 9/29/2014, Business Solutions, “NRF, EMV Migration Forum Offer Guidance On EMV Deployment”
- 9/25/2014, NRF Blog, “NRF Provides Retailers Guidance on EMV Deployment”
- 9/22/2014, Network World, “Chip and PIN: No panacea, but worth the effort – and the cost”
- 9/16/2014, BankInfo Security, “The Biggest Challenge to EMV Migration”
- 9/15/2014, Business Solutions, “EMV Migration Forum Launches New Resource, Plans Training Workshop”
- 9/11/2014, ATM Marketplace, “EMF to host EMV terminal training workshop for industry”
- 9/11/2014, Vending Times, “EMV Migration Forum Launches Resource Center For U.S. Stakeholders”
- 9/11/2014, ZDNet, “Apple Pay and security: Could tokenization be the tool that curbs data breaches?”
- 9/10/2014, ABA Banking Journal, “Not too early to make ATM EMV migration plans”
- 9/10/2014, Morningstar, “Webinar—Implementing EMV at the ATM: Why, How and When”
- 9/10/2014, BankInfo Security, “PCI Community Meeting: Timely Agenda”
- 9/9/2014, Washington Post, “Home Depot breach reveals how challenging it is to ward off data theft”
- 9/8/2014, CardNotPresent, “Industry Group Launches Knowledge Center to Answer EMV Questions”
- 9/5/2014, Bank News, “EMV Migration Forum Launches Extensive Resource Center for U.S. Chip Migration”
August 2014
- 8/28/2014, ATM Marketplace, “EMV Migration Forum publishes implementation guide for ATM industry members”
- 8/28/2014, Bank News, “EMV Migration Forum Releases Comprehensive Guide for Implementing EMV Chip Technology at the ATM”
- 8/27/2014, PaymentsSource, “Fiserv’s New EMV Expert Predicts a Decade-Long Conversion”
- 8/25/2014, Bank News, “EMV Migration Forum and National Retail Federation to Co-Host Webinar on Top Merchant Considerations for U.S. EMV Chip Migration”
- 8/6/2014, Credit Card Guide, “A chip in your credit card? Here’s what to expect”
- 8/4/2014, PaymentsSource, “Missing the EMV Liability Shift Bears a Huge Cost”
July 2014
- 7/14/2014, Retail Payments Risk Forum, “EMV Train is Gathering Steam: Procrastinators Take Warning”
- 7/7/2014, PaymentsSource, “Issuers, Merchants on Collision Course for Tokenization Standard”
- 7/1/2014, Digital Transactions, “I Want You for EMV”
June 2014
- 6/22/2014, The Record, “Coming soon to your wallet and stores — chip cards”
- 6/13/2014, Shoreline, “100 million EMV Cards in U.S. Marketplace in 2014
- 6/13/2014, ATMMarketplace, “More than 100M chip cards to be issued in US by year-end”
- 6/13/2014, PYMNTS.com, “EMV In The U.S.: It Will Be A Long Ride”
- 6/12/2014, Digital Transactions, “Estimates Vary, But There’s No Doubt: EMV Cards Soon Will Be in Millions More Wallets”
- 6/10/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “Why EMV in US Is Still Lagging”
- 6/5/2014, San Francisco Gate, “Finding the best credit cards for foreign travel”
May 2014
- 5/28/2014, BAI, “Are We EMV-Ready?”
- 5/25/2014, Entrepreneur, “Tips for Keeping Your Travels Identity Theft Free”
- 5/20/2014, Prepaid Press, “Delivering EMV”
- 5/16/2014, Hospitality Technology, “EMV Migration Forum Expects Major Increase in U.S. Chip Adoption in Next Year”
- 5/14/2014, PaymentsSource, “EMV May Need 4 Years To Reach Ubiquity”
- 5/13/2014, PaymentsSource, “EMV Migration in 2015 Is ‘Possible’ But Unlikely, Vantiv Says”
- 5/9/2014, The Fresno Bee, “U.S. slowly playing catch-up on secure credit cards”
- 5/6/2014, PaymentsSource, “Education Issues Slow the U.S. Move to EMV Cards”
- 5/3/2014, PYMNTS, “Target Acts On EMV As Green Dot Relays Its Q1 Losses From The Retailer’s Breach”
- 5/1/2014, CardNotPresent.com, “EMV Group Offers Technical Solution to EMV/Durbin Conundrum”
April 2014
- 4/30/2014, CSO, “Retailers plodding toward accepting higher-security payment cards”
- 4/30/2014, CUNA, “White paper details EMV debit framework”
- 4/29/2014, Finextra, “Target names DeRhodes CIO; partners MasterCard for chip and PIN”
- 4/29/2014, PaymentsSource, “Debit Networks Must Prepare for Uncertainty in EMV Shift”
- 4/28/2014, The Green Sheet, “EMV Migration Forum to host ‘EMV 101’ webinar on May 7”
- 4/7/2014, CardNotPresent.com, “Debit Networks Continue to Adopt MasterCard, Visa Common AID Solutions for EMV/Durbin Problem”
- 4/4/2014, ATM Marketplace, “EMF releases revised standardized terms for EMV chip technology”
- 4/3/2014, Retail Customer Experience, “EMV Migration Forum expects major increase in US chip adoption within a year”
- 4/2/2014, The Green Sheet, “EMV Migration Forum issues revised Standardization of Terminology”
- 4/2/2014, Credit Union Times, “Group Predicts Fivefold EMV Increase”
- 4/2/2014, STORES, “Looking North”
March 2014
- 3/24/2014, The Green Sheet, “MasterCard, Visa form payment security group”
- 3/19/2014, Business Insider, “Q&A: Director Of The EMV Migration Forum Talks Chip Cards And What They Mean For Payments”
- 3/13/2014, Payments Source, “How Fiserv’s Long, Rigorous EMV Path Led It to MasterCard”
- 3/13/2014, SC Magazine, “MasterCard, Visa to push EMV; NFR calls for use of PINs”
- 3/13/2014, Wall Street Journal, “Fiserv, MasterCard Agreement Advances Debit EMV Adoption in the U.S.”
- 3/10/2014, CIO Journal, “Retail Group Punts on MasterCard, Visa Smart Chip Security Plan”
- 3/7/2014, Security Week, “MasterCard and Visa Lead Industry Group to Bolster Payment Security”
- 3/7/2014, BAI Banking Strategies “EMV for Fraud Control in United States”
- 3/7/2014, Credit Union Journal, “The FAQ On EMV: Paving Way To Smooth Transition”
- 3/6/2014, PaymentsSource, “Chip Card Migration Should Include a Full Security Checkup”
February 2014
- 2/25/2014, PaymentsSource, “Visa, MasterCard See a Pro-EMV Push After Target Breach”
- 2/19/2014, Bob’s Guide, “Survey Indicates U.S. IADs Remain Optimistic Despite a Myriad of Challenges Including EMV Migration and Reductions in Interchange”
- 2/6/2014, CSN, “Could EMV Have Prevented Recent Security Breaches?”
- 2/5/2014, CRN, “Target CFO To Congress: We Will Roll Out Smart Cards By 2015”
- 2/4/2014, eWeek, “Target Tells Senate It’s Speeding Up Plans to Accept EMV Credit Cards”
January 2014
- 1/30/2014, Business Solutions, “Grocery And Convenience Store IT News For VARs”
- 1/28/2014, The Green Sheet, “NFC-Bluetooth contactless payment combo proposed”
- 1/27/2014, Payments Source, “Uncertainty Could Delay EMV”
- 1/26/2014, Crain’s Cleveland Business, “Firefighters Community Credit Union puts chips on fraud protection”
- 1/22/2014, American Banker, “Cheat Sheet: What Bankers Need to Know About the Target Breach”
- 1/22/2014, CSN, “Could EMV Have Prevented Recent Security Breaches?”
- 1/13/2014, CIO Journal, “Retailers Covet Pin, Chip Tech to Boost Security, Says Carter’s CIO”
- 1/12/2014, Desert News National Edition, “Credit card predictions: What will be in your wallet in 2014?”
- 1/10/2014, Payments Source, “MasterCard Firm on EMV Timeline, but Industry Awaits Visa’s View”
- 1/8/2014, CSP, “Webinar on EMV chip technology set for mid-January”
- 1/7/2014, The Abington Journal, “OTHER OPINION: TARGET’S DATA BREACH ‘Smart cards’ can deter credit fraud”
- 1/6/2014, Payments Source, “Merchants Face Same EMV Timeline, Despite Target Breach, Fed Concerns”
- 1/2/2014, Fox Business, “12 credit card predictions for 2014”
- 1/2/2014, San Jose Mercury, “Mercury News editorial: Target breach may have been preventable”
December 2013
*Note: Number in parenthesis represents number of times the story has been syndicated.
- 12/28/2013, Baltimore Sun, “Target breach exposes lackluster credit card security”
- 12/27/2013, NPR, “Consumers May Start Seeing More-Secure ‘Chip’ Credit Cards In 2014” (2)
- 12/27/2013, CBS News, “”Smart card” technology could protect shoppers from hackers” (13)
- 12/26/2013, Bankrate, “Target breach: A case for EMV”
- 12/26/2013, The Press Democrat, “PD Editorial: U.S. needs to catch up on card security”
- 12/26/2013, Press-Telegram, “Editorial; Smart cards could help reduce fraud” (1)
- 12/24/2013, Retail Touchpoints, “UPDATE: Target Focuses On Building Customer Trust Following Data Breach”
- 12/23/2013, Payments Source, “EMV Migration Forum Reports Progress in U.S.”
- 12/23/2013, Eurasia Review, “Magnetic Swipe: Obsolete Credit Card Tech Makes US Prime Target For Fraudsters”
- 12/22/2013, RT, “Magnetic swipe: Obsolete credit card tech makes US prime Target for fraudsters”
- 12/21/2013, LA Times, “U.S. a laggard in adopting more secure credit cards” (21)
- 12/20/2013, Paybefore, “Target Data Breach Latest Sign It’s High Time for EMV”
- 12/20/2013, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “CONSUMER SAFETY: Target breach exposes holes: Credit, debit system’s vulnerability put 40M shoppers’ data at risk” (8)
- 12/19/2013, Payments Source, “Target Breach Sends Chills: Is Any Merchant Safe, Even With EMV?”(1)
- 12/19/2013, ACI Universal Payments, “What happened in Payments in 2013”
- 12/18/2013, Bank Info Security, “EMV: The Outlook for 2014”
November 2013
- 11/1/2013, PaymentSource, “How Fast Can a Merchant Realistically Deploy EMV?”
October 2013
- 10/22/2013, PaymentSource, “Cards&Payments: Networks Weigh In on EMV-Durbin Debit Clash”
- 10/18/2013, InfoQ, “PCI SSC 2013 Community Meeting Takeaways”
- 10/08/2013, ATM Marketplace, “EMV Forum moves forward despite Durbin ruling”
September 2013
- 09/20/2013, Acquirer Systems, “New EMV Forum Migration Paper for the US Acquiring Community”
- 09/17/2013, Communications of the ACM, “Ready or Not, Here They Come”
- 09/13/2013, Finextra, “EMV Migration Forum issues chip testing and certification white paper for acquirers”
- 09/11/2013, Pymnts, “EMV Migration Forum Issues New Resource”
- 09/10/2013, PaymentsSource, “EMV Migration Forum Posts Testing Guide”
- 09/10/2013, ATM Marketplace, “EMF publishes white paper on EMV testing, certification for US acquirers”
- 09/04/2013, San Antonio Express-News, “Microprocessor chips coming for U.S. credit, debit cards”
August 2013
- 08/22/2013, PaymentsSource, “Debit-Fee Uncertainty Comes at a Bad Time”
- 08/22/2013, The Green Sheet, “ATMIA and Kahuna release in-depth IAD-focused EMV white paper”
- 08/16/2013, Banking Frontiers, “Transition to EMV Cards”
- 08/05/2013, PaymentsSource, “Durbin Domino Effect: Swipe-Fee Ruling May Halt Debit Initiatives”
- 08/02/2013, BankCreditNews, “Visa, MasterCard license proprietary debit solutions to streamline routing process”
- 08/02/2013, ATM Marketplace, “It’s official: MasterCard and Visa will share EMV debit solutions”
- 08/01/2013, Financial Tech Spotlight, “Visa, MasterCard Join Forces to Streamline US Chip Debit Transactions”
July 2013
- 07/30/2013, Payments Source, “Visa, MasterCard Agree on Common AID for EMV Debit Routing”
- 07/30/2013, Credit Union Times, “Visa, MasterCard Agree to Common Debit Chip Solution”
- 07/30/2013, Credit Union Journal, “Visa, MasterCard Announce Common Platform For EMV Cards”
- 07/30/2013, The Green Sheet, “Visa, MasterCard agree to mutually share EMV debit chip technologies”
- 07/25/2013, Payments Source, “U.S. Should Heed EMV Lessons from U.K.: Report”
June 2013
- 06/27/2013, PaymentsSource, Merchants Decry the Switch to EMV-Chip Cards
- 06/26/2013, PaymentsSource, Merchants Blast EMV Transition
- 06/26/2013, ISO & Agent, Merchants Blast EMV Transition
- 06/24/2013, Manufacturing Close-Up, ACI Worldwide Survey Notes EMV Will Accelerate Adoption of Mobile Technologies
- 06/24/2013, Vending Marketwatch, Survey: EMV To Drive Mobile Adoption
- 06/21/2013, Banking Newslink, EMV will accelerate adoption of mobile technologies, says report
- 06/19/2013, Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Cross-industry EMV Migration Forum Expands Working Committees
- 06/19/2013, Bank Systems + Technology, EMV Migration May Lead Customers to Switch from Cards to Mobile Payments, Study Finds
- 06/18/2013, Finextra Research, EMV to drive mobile adoption in US
- 06/18/2013, Finextra Research, EMV Migration Forum to address ATM and card-not-present challenges
- 06/13/2013, PaymentsSource, ATMIA Seeking Donations To ‘Defense Fund’
- 06/13/2013, PaymentsSource, Networks Prepare for Three Codes in EMV Debit Routing
- 06/13/2013, Collections & Credit Risk, ATMIA Seeking Donations To ‘Defense Fund’
- 06/7/2013, The Paypers, FIME achieves EMVCo qualification in North America
- 06/4/2013, Finextra Research, Fime gets EMVCo contactless qualification in North America
- 06/4/2013, PaymentsSource, As EMV-Chip Cards Circulate, Consumers Still Need Convincing
May 2013
- 05/29/2013, PaymentsSource, There Are 3.5 Million EMV-Chip Visa Cards in the U.S. Today
- 05/29/2013, ISO & Agent, There Are 3.5 Million EMV-Chip Visa Cards in the U.S. Today
- 05/29/2013, CardRatings, Cross-industry committee to help American businesses adopt EMV credit cards
- 05/27/2013, Wireless News, ACI Worldwide to Help Guide U.S. EMV Rollout
- 05/9/2013, iStockAnalyst, Educational Videos on U.S. Migration to Chip-based EMV Payments Now Available on EMV-Connection.com
April 2013
- 04/30/2013, PaymentsSource, VeriFone Takes Many Paths in the U.S. EMV-Card Migration
- 04/14/2013, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Shift to chip-based cards challenges ATM owners
- 04/13/2013, The Patriot Ledger, Shift to Chip-Based Cards Challenges ATM Owners
- 04/10/2013, Kitsap Sun, Shift to chip-based cards challenges ATM owners
- 04/7/2013, Star-Tribune, Chip-based cards snag ATM owners
- 04/3/2013, Journal of Engineering, Ten Debit Networks Adopt Common U.S. Debit Aid
March 2013
- 03/28/2013, PaymentsSource, Big Debit Networks Favor Discover’s Code
- 03/26/2013, PaymentsSource, More Debit Networks Agree on EMV Routing, but Await Brands’ Say
- 03/25/2013, PaymentsSource, U.S. Chip-Card Issuance to Be Slow, Even as Industry Hurdles Fall
- 03/21/2013, PaymentsSource, Big Brands, Small Networks to Vet Discover’s EMV Debit Code
- 03/20/2013, Finextra, US debit networks back Discover application for common chip spec
- 03/19/2013, Business Solutions Magazine, How VARs Can Benefit From EMV Adoption
- 03/19/2013, Credit Union Journal, Debit Networks Eye Common Platform
- 03/15/2013, Credit Union Magazine, EMV Conversion Planning: 12 Tips
- 03/1/2013, PaymentsSource, Regional Networks Not Likely to Accept Brands’ Common Debit Code
February 2013
- 02/28/2013, LowCards.com, The Movement Toward Chip-Based Credit Cards
- 02/9/2013, Investment Weekly News, MasterCard Strengthens Commitment to Make U.S. EMV Migration Easier
- 02/8/2013, CS News, Confusion Surrounding EMV Begins to Dissipate
- 02/3/2013, Manufacturing Close-Up, Acculynk Signs On to the EMV Migration Forum
- 02/1/2013, Convenience Store News, What C-store Retailers Need to Know About EMV
January 2013
- 01/23/2013, Wireless News, MasterCard Bolsters Commitment to Make U.S. EMV Migration Easier
December 2012
- 12/7/2012, Business Travel News, Chip-Based Cards Coming To United States, Migration Expected To Take Five Years
November 2012
- 11/7/2012, Journal of Engineering, Payments Leader CreditCall Joins U.S. EMV Migration Forum to Facilitate U.S. Payments Migration Initiative
- 11/5/2012, Telecompaper Americas, Bell ID joins EMV Migration Forum
October 2012
- 10/23/2012, American Banker, EMV Migration Gets Answer People
- 10/1/2012, Teller Vision, Issues & Trends: EMV
September 2012
- 09/26/2012, Journal of Engineering, G&D Committed to EMV Migration Initiatives in the U.S.
- 09/1/2012, Banking Technology, EMV News
August 2012
- 08/12/2012, Credit Union Times, Smart Card Alliance Launches EMV Forum
- 08/2/2012, Wireless News, Smart Card Alliance Creates Cross-Industry EMV Coalition
- 08/1/2012, Business Travel News, Payment group The Smart Card Alliance created the EMV Migration Forum to support chip-based card technology
- 08/1/2012, CIO, Credit Cards Get Makeover
- 08/1/2012, American Banker, Smart Card Alliance Turns Attention to EMV Migration
- 08/1/2012, Business Travel News, Smart Card Alliance forms EMV Migration Forum for chip-based payments in the US
- 08/1/2012, InfoWorld, Industry group formed to upgrade U.S. payment card platform
- 08/1/2012, PaymentEye, Smart Card Alliance creates EMV Migration Forum
- 08/1/2012, PaymentsSource, In U.S. Chip-Card Migration, Competitors Begin to Play Nice
- 08/1/2012, PC World, Industry group formed to upgrade U.S. payment card platform
- 08/1/2012, PYMTS.com, Smart Card Alliance Creates EMV Migration Forum for U.S. Transition
- 08/1/2012, Security Week, Industry Group Created to Drive Chip-Based Payments in the U.S.
- 08/1/2012, The Paypers, Smart Card Alliance forms EMV Migration Forum for chip-based payments in the US
July 2012
- 07/31/2012, Credit Union Times, Smart Card Alliances Launches EMV Forum
- 07/31/2012, American Banker, Smart Card Alliance Turns Attention to EMV Migration
- 07/31/2012, ATM Marketplace, EMV coalition to support U.S. move to chip-based payments
- 07/31/2012, Bank Systems & Technology, New Cross-Industry Association Pushes for EMV Adoption
- 07/31/2012, Kahuna ATM Solutions Blog, EMV coalition to support U.S. move to chip-based payments
- 07/31/2012, Contactless News, Creation of EMV coalition aims to support domestic chip-based payments
- 07/31/2012, Convenient Store News, Smart Card Alliance Forms Cross-Industry EMV Coalition
- 07/31/2012, Credit Union Times, Smart Card Alliances Launches EMV Forum
- 07/31/2012, FinancialID News, Creation of EMV coalition aims to support domestic chip-based payments
- 07/31/2012, Finextra, Smart Card Alliance forms US EMV migration forum
- 07/31/2012, MasterCard Blog, EMV Migration: We’re All In This Together
- 07/31/2012, MasterCard Blog, MasterCard Morning Brew: Paving the way for EMV Migration
- 07/31/2012, SecureIDNews, Creation of EMV coalition aims to support domestic chip-based payments