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It is being said that with the adoption of EMV technology, credit card fraud rates will decrease. The small chips will be set in credit cards making it more difficult to steal data. However, a new study by NerdWallet, opposite of it can come true because criminals will head for newer ways to commit card fraud. EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) chip is the small silver or gold chip set in front of the card. There is a difference between EMV chip card and a standard card. In the magnetic stripe cards, static payment data can be transferred from one card to another. But such is not the case with the EMV chip card. “EMV chips creates a unique payment code with every use, so if a fraudster was able to steal those payment credentials, they’d be worthless for any other purchase”, said Sean McQuay, NerdWallet’s credit card expert. But as per the research, EMV would not solve the entire problem. From October, the onus of credit card fraud will switch from issuers to the party, which can be issuer or merchant, who do not use EMV technology, and the change is known as liability shift. McQuay said that EMV […]
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