Every chip card issued will allow the cardholder to customize their own 4-digit PIN at card activation. ... The SPCC must be kept in a secure but accessible location. The account number on the SPCC ...

Debit cards work in ways similar to credit cards, but it can be harder to protect against industrious thieves. They use devices called skimmers to read your account number and the accompanying PIN ...

Our credit cards are now secured with computer chips, but the world’s largest retail trade group says consumers are no safer, while businesses are being forced to spend up to $35 billion.

Target suffered a massive date breach at the end of 2013, which exposed the personal information of up to 70 million shoppers.. A company spokesperson said in an email to CNNMoney that requiring ...

For Americans, the change to chip-and-PIN is long overdue. As of last year, 83% of western European consumers had chip cards, compared to just 7% of stateside shoppers.

Unlike other countries where EMV chip-card standards have been put in place, the U.S. is only requiring the issuance of chip-and-signature cards, not chip-and-PIN.

Every credit card in the U.S. will be replaced by October 2015 with new cards that contain the chip-and-PIN technology that the rest of the world has had for years, according to the Wall Street ...

The SumUp Air is a supremely accessible product in the credit card machine space, and an excellent shout for small businesses or new B2C freelancers as a result.