A new study conducted for the Secure Payments Partnership coalition shows that the U.S. credit card industry has failed to establish adequate security standards and that a neutral third party should be put in charge.

Hy-Vee, a chain of more than 245 supermarkets located throughout the Midwestern United States, is conducting an investigation into a data breach incident involving payment processing systems that is focused on transactions at some Hy-Vee fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops and restaurants.

Capital One, the second largest auto finance company in the United States, operates a Responsible Disclosure Program where researchers can disclose potential vulnerabilities via email. 

Despite news coverage and social media frustration focusing on perceived shortcomings of credit cards with EMV chip technology, nearly 4 in 5 Americans view chip cards positively.

In 2009 a hacker embedded malware on the point-of-sale (PoS) equipment at a Seattle eatery known as the Broadway Grill.