EMV Key

A Four Step Guide to EMV for Merchants – Part III

2
May 10, 2012
Just joining this series of posts? You can catch up on what you missed: Part I - Hardware and Environmental Considerations Part II - Software Changes and the Impact on Merchants In this third of four posts regarding the implementation of EMV for US based merchants, we will go beyond the hardware and software involved in facilitating the "between the card accepting terminal" and the chip card and specifically discuss Solution Set Certification. Continue reading →

Posted by Drago Dzerve on May 10, 2012

EMV Security

A Merchant’s Four Step Guide to Preparing for EMV – Part I

2
March 5, 2012
Visa, MasterCard and Discover have all announced plans and programs to bring EMV to the US payments ecosystem.  While these announcements don’t tell us the exact timing of when EMV cards will be issued domestically or when the various industry players will be ready, we do ultimately know that EMV cards will be issued in the US and merchants will need to start preparing for acceptance. Continue reading →

Posted by Drago Dzerve on March 5, 2012