PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., September 13, 2019 – The U.S. Payments Forum is hosting a webinar next month providing best practices to improve the consumer experience at the contactless point-of-sale (POS). This resource is especially timely as there are more opportunities to tap to make a payment. Recent initiatives from major issuers are putting contactless cards […]
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., August 15, 2019 – The U.S. Payments Forum today released its latest Market Snapshot, providing a look at the state of EMV chip adoption in the U.S., trending topics within the industry, and current Forum priorities and projects. State of the Market: Updates on EMV testing and certification and the AFD liability […]
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., July 15, 2019 – Last year saw a 126% increase of stolen records containing personally identifiable information (PII), including payment data. Many organizations interested in protecting payment data are now implementing tokenization as a tool to reduce opportunities for fraud. To help, the U.S. Payments Forum has released a resource examining the […]
EMVCo to host post-meeting workshop on EMV Secure Remote Commerce PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., June 19, 2019 – Stakeholders from across the payments industry will gather this July at the U.S. Payments Forum All-Member Meeting to continue their efforts on the timely and effective implementation of EMV and other new payments technologies in the U.S. Attendees […]
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., June 17, 2019 – MTA’s recent launch of OMNY¹ and initiatives from several large financial institutions to offer contactless cards are evidence of the growth of contactless adoption in the U.S. As more opportunities arise to tap to make a payment, clear communication at the point of sale (POS) is needed to […]
Forum priorities include projects addressing implementation of contactless and mobile payments and mitigation of e-commerce fraud PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., April 17, 2019 – The U.S. Payments Forum today released its quarterly Market Snapshot, providing a look at the state of EMV chip adoption in the U.S., fraud, what’s next for payments in 2019 and Forum […]
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., April 8, 2019 – EMV chip technology has become ingrained in the U.S. payments infrastructure. Still, there are misperceptions about the technology, its security features and impacts on fraud. The U.S. Payments Forum released a guide today that provides accurate information for all stakeholders communicating about contact and contactless chip technology, including […]
Webinar to focus on “tap-in” transit open payments using contactless EMV cards and devices PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., April 2, 2019 – With Americans averaging over 10 billion trips on public transportation annually[1], transit agencies are looking to create streamlined experiences with new technologies such as contactless open payments. To address this growing interest, the U.S. Payments […]
U.S. Payments Forum launches new educational resource on contactless payments acceptance PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., February 26, 2019 – More than 50 percent of today’s transactions are taking place at contactless payment-enabled merchants¹, and that number is growing. With more merchants showing interest in enabling consumers to tap to make a payment, the U.S. Payments Forum […]
Forum leadership brings together stakeholder voices from across the payments industry PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., February 26, 2019 – The U.S. Payments Forum and its leadership are instrumental in its mission to support the introduction and implementation of payments technologies that help protect the security of, and enhance opportunities for, payment transactions within the U.S. To […]