KREM

Credit and debit cards moving to micro-chips

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- Thursday marks a big change for shoppers. Credit and debit cards will now use and chips instead of magnetic strips in every single retail location in the country. They are ...
KING5

Yes, contactless card payment is as secure as inserting a chip card at the register

Throughout the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, many people looked for ways to touch fewer surfaces while out in public to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. In fact, more than 51% of ...
Business Wire

SmartMetric Welcomes the Death of the Magnetic Stripe on Credit and Debit Cards as Chip Based Cards Combined With Biometrics Take Hold

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME): Mastercard has announced that by 2024 card issuers will no longer be required to use magnetic stripes on their credit and debit cards.
kcra.com

California's inflation relief debit cards are supposed to have chip tech. So why don't they?

California's contract with the bank supplying Middle Class Tax Refund debit cards requires anti-fraud chip tech yet many don't have it. California's contract with the bank supplying Middle Class Tax ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Scammers drain Middle Class Tax Refund debit cards without security chips

MARTINEZ, Calif. (KGO) -- Eleven million Californians are getting inflation relief debit cards in the mail right now. As 7 On Your Side has reported, many thought the cards were a scam, but they're ...