Touted as a safer solution to magnetic stripe cards, it seems the chip-and-pin (or EMV) counterpart might not be as secure as we once thought. After retailers around the globe made the switch to the ...

Security researchers are eager to poke holes in the chip-embedded credit and debit cards that have arrived in Americans’ mailboxes over the last year and a half. Although the cards have been in use ...

A flaw in cash machine software is letting criminals withdraw money without using a bank card. Security firm Kaspersky Labs identified the problem, leading Interpol to mount a widespread investigation ...

We’ve been told that EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) chip-equipped cards have an added layer of security, making them more secure and harder to clone than cards with only a magnetic stripe. But ...

Banks like Wells Fargo are rolling out much better ATM security. Here's why it won't stop ATM theft. The ATM card is dead. Or is it? Starting Monday, all 13,000 Wells Fargo ATMs will enable you to ...

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