Smart cards, already used for credit transactions in about 130 countries, are coming to America. But it will be years before we all have these fraud-resistant credit cards in our wallets. Though U.S.

OMNIKEY, a smart card reader manufacturer, chose CeBIT to debut a new USB high-speed smart card reader that features a keypad for secure PIN entry and PIN change operations and a two-line display that ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Matt Yglesias, vacationing in Paris, notes that nobody in Europe uses old-fashioned ...

Question: I read with interest the articles concerning the use of magnetic stripe and Chip and PIN cards in Europe and, as a result, have just obtained a Chip and PIN card. The customer service ...

There are now billions of EMV-enabled cards in the world, but they are not foolproof and can be made more secure through new authentication technologies. In most retailers today, customers don’t swipe ...

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