DALLAS (CBSMiami) - Scams involving gift cards continue to be a growing problem, something Ginger Allen found out first hand. "I sent my dad a gift card to Outback Steakhouse for Father's Day," she ...

While the rest of the world has been using EMV cards for a long time now, the US has been late to adopt the cards – due to costs involved in changing the terminals that can read EMV cards. The ...

You know the story - purchase (or receive) a gift card from the supermarket. Scratch the PIN, use the card number and PIN combination to buy something you want. Yet, Flight Formula founder and creator ...

The government has proposed adding chip and PIN capabilities to ID cards but questions remain over whether such a move would be beneficial - or even possible - at this late stage in the £4.7bn project ...

Tomorrow is the deadline that Visa and MasterCard have set for banks and retailers across the US to roll out a new system for more secure bank cards with microchips embedded in them. Over the last few ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover regulatory policies that affect consumers and the economy. Over six months ago, consumers, banks and retailers reached an ...

In order to better support the global nature of their customers, Department of Defense (DoD) Government Travel Charge Cards are now being issued with both magnetic stripes and chip-and-PIN ...

While Europe, Canada and Mexico have had chipped cards for years — usually with a chip and a PIN (personal identification number), the U.S. card issuers have studiously avoided the more secure, but ...