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Learn more about payment security and chip and pin technology. This slideshow offers insight on the recent retail breaches, information on how chip and pin works as well as EMV, and what it all means for retailers.
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Securing Payments for Consumers
With a shift away from traditional payment methods and the number of tech-savvy
hackers increasing, concern
over credit card fraud is growing. More wireless transactions means easier access
to credit card information and malware installation.
What happened with the recent POS security breaches in retail across the
nation?
Malware known as "Kaptoxa" was placed
on POS systems to collect information on all transactions.
Consumers are demanding a solution after the recent attacks on Target, Neiman Marcus, and other retailers
across the nation.
Pin and Chip Technology is more secure. Every credit card has a chip that acts as a
mini computer and creates a unique
number for each individual transaction. This is more difficult to duplicate than with
a magnetic strip card.
What is EMV?EMV stands for Europay, Mastercard, Visa.
It is a global standard for chip
cards, as well as the POS systems and ATMs that are enabled to authenticate
the integrated circuit (IC) cards.
EMV is not powered by government regulations. Some believe government should regulate a
solution or we could risk failure in launching an effective chip and pin system.
Will Chip and Pin Technology be enough?
The reality: chip and pin cards will NOT prevent access to data. Firewalls and anti-malware are still
needed.
However, IC cards reduce the number of hacking attempts because data is less valuable to hackers
as each transaction has a unique number.
What This Means for Retailers:They must adopt chip-based EMV cards by October 2015 and replace old terminals and
applications with EMV capable systems.
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