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Category: EMV

The Role of EMV Technology in Reducing Fraud in Dental Payment Processing

In the dental industry, safeguarding patient information and securing payment transactions are paramount. The integration of Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) technology has si...

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The Role of EMV Technology in Reducing Fraud in Veterinary Payment Processing

In general, payments in the healthcare industry are highly susceptible to fraud. According to National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) estimates, the US healthcare sys...

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EMV, P2PE, or both?

Non Cash payments are increasingly making up a bigger portion of all the transactions conducted. This isn't only prevalent because of more individuals making purchases online or v...

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EMV Credit Card Processing FAQ

What is an EMV credit card?  An EMV credit card has an intelligent chip feature. A card reader will review the chip on a card and confirm a transaction. The chip work...

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How Does an EMV Transaction Work? (Steps of an EMV Transaction)

In the last few years, you might have noticed that more credit and debit cards come with small chips. These are EMV chips, and they provide a safe approach to managing EMV transac...

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EMV CVM: Signatures

Signature is a cardholder verification method, or CVM, available for EMV cards. A signature verification requires the card user to sign for the payment at the po...

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What Is EMV?

EMV is poised to become the next big shift in the U.S. payment ecosystem. It has already reached international prevalence, and it just needs to spread across the U.S. market in or...

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Top Five Benefits of EMV

MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express are pressuring the U.S. market to make the switch from magnetic stripe cards to new EMV smart chip cards. Although magstripe ...

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EMV CVM

One of the ways EMV promises to revolutionize the U.S. payments ecosystem is by expanding the cardholder verification methods, or CVMs, available to merchants and processors. CVMs...

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