credit card fraud

Are EMV Chips Really Protecting Your Credit Card Information?

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I was standing at a cash register the other day, waiting and waiting while my brand new credit card was parked inside the machine—you know, the one where you used to be able to do a quick swipe and then go. It was one of those awkward moments, like standing in an elevator side by…

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9 Steps to Protect Yourself From Credit Card Fraud

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Credit card fraud in America accounts for 47 percent of the worldwide total, and 76 percent of the data breaches[1]. In 2014, approximately 31.8 million Americans had their credit cards breached, a 300 percent rise in one year. It seems that as fast as technology moves to protect us, hackers are just as fervently seeking…

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The Rise of EMV and How it Will Affect You

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date:

What is EMV? EMV stands for Europay, Mastercard and Visa. It is a global plan to reduce credit card fraud in multiple ways by taking advantage of chip-card transactions:  EMV cards make the technology required to forge a fraudulent credit card much more expensive and out of the reach of potential criminals.  EMV transactions use…

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