Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Katie Miller is a consumer financial services expert. She worked for almost two decades ...

Google Wallet will soon enable a more convenient, contactless method of adding credit and debit cards to the app.

Yes, contactless credit card transactions, where you tap your card on the merchant's terminal rather than inserting it, also employ EMV chip technology. Not all merchants, especially in the U.S ...

Serge Beck, the founder and CEO of Omniwire, is driven by his belief that people deserve robust and secure financial services. Nearly 90% of U.S. consumers now use contactless payments, and this ...

Contactless payment is the latest advance in the evolution of credit card technology, from swiping a card with a magnetic stripe to dipping one with an EMV chip. In addition to the convenience it ...

As urban areas evolve into smarter ecosystems, the mass transit sector is experiencing a significant digital transformation, ...

The Sound Easy Pump is a semi-integrated secure solution that enables EMV at the pump in a couple of hours or less and supports contactless payment via card tap, QR code scanning, PIN-on-glass ...

EMV-chipped cards are more secure than magstripe cards, and businesses can limit liability by accepting them. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

Chip cards and contactless payments are safer than old-school magnetic stripes. EMV chips create a unique code for each ...

Most commercial banks in Jamaica issue EMV-enabled cards, which allow customers to make contactless payments. An EMV card is a credit, debit, or prepaid card that has a microchip embedded in it.