EMV chip-enabled cards may be harder to counterfeit than the magnetic stripe versions, but there is one thing they have in common: they can break.

Computer researchers may have found a flaw in chip-based credit cards. Though the cards are designed to combat fraudulent cloning, apparently there’s a way to rewrite the magnetic strip code so ...

Chip and PIN cards and readers are finally rolling out in the United States. Unlike traditional magnetic cards, which use static information to make a transaction, these pieces of plastic create a ...

A chip-and-signature card is a type of credit card that encodes its information in a magnetic stripe as well as a square microchip.

Starting Oct. 1, a new standard in credit card technologies goes into effect. — -- Chip-enabled credit cards will now become the standard for consumers and business owners. Banks and credit ...

Gemini Advisory now says that 60 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen in the US in the past 12 months, and most of those were chip-based cards.

US consumers have been fumbling with chip cards for a year now. Credit: Getty Images It's been a long year. At least, it feels that way if you spent it waiting to pay for things with your chip ...

How do EMV chip-cards work, and how do they prevent fraud? The cards themselves have an external microchip on the front of the card, and many have an additional transmitting chip inside the card.

When buying a new graphics card, the focus is often on clock rates, shader cores, and the size of the VRAM. While memory bandwidth is often overlooked, it can have a significant impact on overall ...

A dual interface chip card is a credit or debit card with an embedded chip that allows the card to be used in both contact and contactless transactions.