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 […]
Highly-anticipated payments conference heads to Phoenix in March, joins with U.S. Payments Forum Member Meeting for cross-industry perspectives PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., January 29, 2019 – What technologies are having the biggest impact on payments in the U.S.? How is digital identity changing to improve payments security online? What does the future hold for mobile and […]
Resource addresses NFC-enabled mobile wallet and contactless-enabled chip card payment acceptance at the ATM PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., December 19, 2018 – With more than 85 percent of U.S. ATMs now accepting EMV contact chip cards[1], many ATM owners are looking to make transactions easier and faster by adding contactless EMV chip capabilities. The U.S. Payments […]
US Payments Forum Market Snapshot: The State of Contactless Payments, Fraud and What’s Next for 2019
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., December 11, 2018 – 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 and what’s next for payments in 2019. State of the Market: With chip-on-chip transactions steady, is contactless next? According to the U.S. Payments […]
A recent report linked U.S. fraud and the EMV chip migration. The U.S. Payments Forum offers several clarifying points in response to media coverage on these topics: This report gives statistics on compromised records but offers no data on actual occurrence of fraud. EMV chip payments are effective at reducing fraud. Chip payments were introduced […]
Four-part webinar series launching in 2019, covering mobile wallet models, security and strategic considerations for implementation PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., December 6, 2018 – The U.S. payments industry is undergoing an immense transformation – from the EMV chip migration to the development of new mobile payments solutions to an accelerating shift to ecommerce transactions – and […]
New guidance covers dual-interface chip card issuance, Canadian chip card acceptance PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., October 31, 2018 – As part of its ongoing effort to ensure an efficient migration to EMV contact and contactless chip payments, the U.S. Payments Forum today released two new implementation resources for U.S. issuers and merchants. The first resource for […]
Resource addresses pay-as-you-go scenarios with mobile devices and wearables PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., Oct. 10, 2018 — Many transit agencies today are considering contactless open payments with mobile devices and wearables and have questions about implementation in the transit environment. The U.S. Payments Forum has released today a new resource to explore these questions and identify and provide […]
Forum to Host Additional Pre-meeting Workshop on Transit Payments PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., October 5, 2018 – The U.S. Payments Forum announced today the details for its November All-Member Meeting and Transit Payments Workshop in Oak Brook, Illinois. Payment industry leaders and other payments stakeholders will gather to discuss and work towards timely and effective implementations […]