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Visa: EMV Cuts Card-Present Counterfeit Fraud By 80 Pct

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Merchants saw a drop in card-present fraud due to the increased adoption of Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV) chip cards, Visa said. million merchants now accept chip cards, which is an increase of 692 percent since the beginning of EMV migration, and almost 70 percent of storefronts in the United States now accept chip cards.

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To Flip or Not to Flip: Why Are Payment Card Issuers Still Asking This Question?

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The time has come for some truth on the world of payment card flips. disrupted banks’ income on debit cards. had in 2011, they’re likely to see an 18% to 25% volume shift from signature to PIN card transactions by the end of 2025. And the threat of disruption on credit cards looms large. What interchange differential?

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All About Cashback Credit Cards!

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The joy of spending and saving simultaneously is assured with a Cashback Credit Card. Learn more about the most popular Credit Card category in India right here! Did you know that there is an indisputable MVP when it comes to the top-selling Credit Card type in India? But is that all? Not permissible. Balance transfers?

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Cosmetics Brand Natura Exposes Customer Data

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Around 90 percent of users were Brazilian customers, although other nationalities were also present, including customers from Peru,” Sen told The Hacker News. The leaked information also includes online payment account details with access for nearly 40,000 wirecard.com.br users who integrated it with their Natura accounts, the report said.

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Visa’s Sensory Branding Goes Global

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Today (June 17) Visa is announcing that their sensory branding suite is in over two dozen countries care of a dozen new partnerships. Visa’s sensory branding suite of products includes a sound, animation and haptic cues for consumers and merchants when a Visa transaction is completed.

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Using Debit Cards To Bridge The Stimulus Accessibility Gap

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Consumers are also changing how they pay for their purchases, with a recent study finding that debit card spend was up 11.7 Consumers today are especially likely to use their debit cards for their eCommerce purchases or to make in-store purchases with mobile wallets, and card-not-present (CNP) transactions represented 43.1

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From Retail To Restaurants, Holiday Gift Card Sales Are Hot

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In a year that’s been filled with lifestyle changes, personal pivots and business adaptations, 2020 may also go down as the year of the gift card as studies show an outsized increase in sales leading up to the busy holiday season. InMarket’s data also showed customers were spending about 17 percent more on gift cards in 2020.

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