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EMV Chip Cards, Changing Technology for a Changing World

New chip reading cards and devices are popping up everywhere, in lines at grocery stores and gas stations, coffee shops and beyond. What is it exactly and how can it benefit your business? EMV ExplainedIt came out of nowhere here in the United States. All of a sudden stores now [...]

What is EMV (Euro-Mastercard-Visa), or chip card acceptance?

EMV stands for Euro-Mastercard-VisaIt’s a technology also referred to as “chip cards” and is currently widely used across the globe, originating in Europe over ten years ago. Instead of using the standard, magnetic stripe card to store credit card information, EMV technology allows for the sensitive credit card data to be stored [...]