EMV Migration – Driven by Payment Brand Milestones
The United States has moved to EMV chip payments, with consumers now using chip cards to pay at chip-enabled merchant locations nationwide.  EMV migration has been proceeding along the milestones set by the payment networks.  Visa took the lead in establishing their EMV roadmap with their announcement on August 9, 2011.  MasterCard, Discover and American […]
EMV Connection – where all EMV stakeholders can find timely information about the U.S. migration from magnetic stripe to EMV chip-enabled payments
By Randy Vanderhoof, Executive Director, Smart Card Alliance The Smart Card Alliance has created the EMV Connection website as a service to the payments industry. The site provides up-to-date information on the status of EMV migration, along with tutorials and educational resources that will assist with gaining a better understanding of the changes that this […]