First Data is releasing a tablet device that will accept most payment types, including checks, EMV and magnetic stripe credit cards, and mobile payments from systems such as Apple Pay and Android Pay.

To get you prepared for the transition to EMV, here are eight essential questions to ask: 1. What are EMV cards anyway and what makes them safer? EMV (short for Europay, MasterCard, Visa) cards are ...

Businesses should be EMV compliant to avoid being held responsible for credit card fraud. EMV compliance requires businesses to use EMV card readers to process credit card transactions. Your business ...

Square Inc. may have more incentive than other acquirers in urging merchant clients to accept EMV-chip cards, but its pricing strategy could deter some from adopting the secure technology. Square has ...

Shopify Inc. is often thought of as a platform for smaller e-commerce merchants, but it offers processing services for some 65,000 physical-world sellers, as well, and on Thursday it unveiled a new ...

The PayPal Here card reader, PayPal’s hardware device that lets merchants accept credit and debit card payments through a dongle attached to their iOS or Android device, is being updated with support ...

The EMV chip card-enabled PayPal Here will be available in the U.S. on Sept. 30. PayPal says its mobile card reader, for both iOS and Android platforms, will allow merchants to accept chip, magnetic ...

A proclamation released by President Obama on September 30th has given October of 2015 the distinction of being National Cyber Security Awareness Month, which involves a month-long series of outreach ...

Credit card technology is about to change beginning in October 2015, and small businesses that accept credit card payments need to take steps now or risk expensive consequences. In the upcoming switch ...

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