Articles Tagged with ''credit card security''

The National Retail Federation said it agreed with a warning from the FBI that new chip-based credit cards are safer than traditional cards but still vulnerable to fraud and need to be used with a PIN to minimize risk.

A survey has found that that 56 percent of consumers are unaware of what an EMV or 'chip' credit card is.
 

A U.S. appeals court said the FTC has authority to regulate corporate cybersecurity.
 

First Tech Federal Credit Union announced a pilot program with MasterCard that will enable First Tech employees to authenticate and verify transactions using facial recognition and fingerprint biometrics. 

Shoppers are using a larger variety of payment options with digital and mobile payments serving as supplements to the traditional cash and card-based payments tools.

Two men were criminally charged over their alleged roles in a conspiracy to steal 94,000 credit and debit card numbers from Michaels Stores Inc.

This fall, MasterCard will start experimenting with a new program: approving online purchases with a facial scan.

Target has ended a dispute with MasterCard over the 2013 data breach at the its stores.

Four out of five global retailers and other merchants failed interim tests to determine whether they are in compliance with payment card data security standards.

 Mastercard and Visa are implementing new cybersecurity measures to ensure that hacked credit card data will be less valuable to hackers.