Alliance in the News

The Alliance has an active communications program to promote industry messages in business, vertical market, and technology publications. Coverage results from both Alliance press releases and interviews with publications writing articles about smart cards. Selected recent coverage is shown below with links to online articles.

Smart Card Alliance and EMV

•   7/13/2016, Business Solutions, “Smart Card Alliance White Paper Details Why The Ideal Time For Card Issuers And Retailers To Go Contactless Is Now”
• 7/8/2016, Credit.com, “Do You Really Need a Special Case to Keep Your Credit Card Safe?”
• 5/27/2016, CSO, “Second-factor may prevent ATM fraud”
• 5/18/2016, Consumer Reports, “Credit Card Confusion at the Cashier?”
• 5/13/2016, Mass Transit, “EMV For Parking – New White Paper From Smart Card Alliance & IPI”
• 5/10/2016, The Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance updates EMV and Parking white paper”
• 5/5/2016, ABC Philadelphia, “What’s the Deal: Insert, don’t swipe, your chip card”
• 4/22/2016, Computerworld, “Visa’s EMV struggle: Is better preferable to consistent?”
• 4/19/2016, NPR, “Are The New Credit Cards Chipping Away At Our Patience?”
• 4/11/2016, Chicago Tribune, “Why do new chip cards take so long?”
• 4/7/2016, St. Louis Post Dispatch, “Do I Need a Chip & PIN Credit Card When I’m Abroad?”
• 4/6/2016, Digital Transactions, “Eye on EMV: Terminal Hiccups, Petroleum’s Challenge, And a Dual-Interface Future”
• 3/26/2016, Credit Union Times, “EMV Transition Delays Persist”
• 3/11/2016, Credit Union Times, Merchants, Issuers Continue to Lag on EMV
• 3/8/2016, Business West, “How Do the New Computer Chip Credit Cards Work?”
• 2/29/2016, SecureIDNews, “Converge health care ID and payments”
• 2/29/2016, Information Management, “Credit Card Tech May Solve Health Identity and Payments Issues”
• 2/26/2016, Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance issues paper on healthcare ID, payments convergence”
• 2/26/2016, Security Document World, “Smart Card Alliance launches white paper”
• 2/25/2016, Business Solutions, “Smart Card Alliance White Paper Provides Vision For Healthcare Identity Authentication And EMV Payments Convergence”
• 2/15/2016, Leigh Valley Business, “EMV debut shifts fraudsters’ focus to online”
• 1/22/2016, The Plain Dealer, “Giant Eagle, Acme, other grocers don’t yet accept the safer EMV chip cards: Money Matters”
• 1/13/2016, Milwaukee NNS, “How to use a ‘chip’ credit card”
• 1/13/2016, Business Solutions, “Are You Advising Your Merchant Clients To Upgrade To NFC Along With EMV?”
• 1/12/2016, Payment Week, “What You Need to Know About Card-Not-Present Fraud”
• 1/4/2016, CreditCards.com, “EMV changing how we tip? Not so fast”
• 12/31/2015, Payment Week, “College Campuses Expand the Use of Mobile Devices Beyond Payments”
• 12/27/2015, New York Post, “Credit card chips mean longer lines for shoppers”
• 12/21/2015, Mass Transit, “Smart Card Alliance Expands Payments Summit”
• 12/15/2015, Investor’s Business Daily, “Apple Pay, Chip Credit Cards Help Redefine Payments”
• 12/14/2015, CreditCards.com, “‘Smart chip’ debit cards transition going slowly”
• 12/14/2015, NBC, “Few Retailers Using ‘Chip’ Credit Card Security Feature for Holidays”
• 12/2/2015, Mobile Marketing & Technology, “Smart Card Alliance White Paper Explores Contactless Payments and the Role of NFC Technology in U.S. EMV Migration”
• 12/2/2015, Contactless Intelligence, “Smart Card Alliance releases white paper on the role of NFC technology in U.S. EMV migration”
• 11/25/2015, PaymentsSource, “E-Commerce Surge Provides Cover for Fraud After EMV Shift”
• 11/25/2015, Clarksville Online, “Tennessee Consumer Affairs says EMV Credit Card Technology arrives ahead of ‘Black Friday’ Holiday Shopping”
• 11/24/2015, CNN Money, “Why Black Friday lines could be even worse this year”
• 11/13/2015, Pacific Business News, “Debate over chip and PIN credit cards in Hawaii, U.S. is a decade too late”
• 11/12/2015, Associations Now, “With Deadline in Rearview, EMV Expansion Still Putters Along”
• 11/5/2015, NJ.com, “Bamboozled: Is your new smart-chip credit card inviting a scam?”
• 11/3/2015, CreditCards.com, “Fraud risk minimal from contactless EMV cards”
• 10/30/2015, Independent Banker, “ATMs and EMV”
• 10/23/2015, Hotel Management, “How EMV affects the transaction process”
• 10/22/2015, RV Pro Magazine, “Businesses Snagged in Logjam Over Credit Card Upgrade”
• 10/16/2015, Marketplace, “Netflix: The dog at our credit cards”
• 10/12/2015, Washington Post, “Will those new smart-chip-equipped ATM cards be easier to lose?”
• 10/8/2015, NetworkWorld, “Why have most merchants missed the EMV deadline?”
• 10/7/2015, The Hill, “Lawmakers question switch to microchip credit cards”
• 10/1/2015, Retail Touchpoints, “EMV Liability Shift Deadline Arrives. Are Retailers Ready?”
• 10/1/2015, Santa Cruz Sentinel, “What you need to know about computer chips in credit cards”
• 10/1/2015, Digital Transactions, “The Big Bang It Ain’t”
• 10/1/2015, CreditCards.com, “7 merchant tips to understanding EMV fraud liability shift”
• 10/1/2015, Mashable, “EMV credit card migration: 6 things every consumer needs to know”
• 10/1/2015, The Plain Dealer, “Today is the deadline for banks and stores to convert to EMV chip cards: What should you do?”
• 9/30/2015, The Hill, “Retailers swipe at banks over microchip mandate”
• 9/29/2015, The Sun Herald, “Smart card technology is in wallets but not at all stores”
• 9/29/2015, Daily Journal, “New EMV credit cards offer better fraud protection”
• 9/29/2015, Bloomberg, “What That Chip in Your New Credit Card Means for You”
• 9/29/2015, The Simple Dollar, “EMV Credit Cards: Six Questions Answered”
• 9/28/2015, Tech Republic, “US deadline for EMV credit cards looming: What you need to know”
• 9/27/2015, CNN Money, “Got a new credit card in the mail? Here’s why”
• 9/26/2015, Palm Beach Post, “Up to 4 out of 5 Fla. retailers not ready for chip credit cards Oct. 1”
• 9/25/2015, “RetailWire, “Are retailers ready for the EMV deadline?”
• 9/25/2015, Credit.com, “The Big Problem With Those New Credit Cards That No One’s Talking About”
• 9/22/2015, Gainesville.com, “Local retailers brace for anti-fraud credit cards”
• 9/22/2015, NACS Online, “Will Chip Cards Cause Consumer Confusion?”
• 9/21/2015, Christian Science Monitor, “How your credit cards will change starting next month”
• 9/21/2015, KRDO, “Smart-chip credit card deadline looms for small businesses”
• 9/21/2015, Bulletin Leader, “Mailbag: Shouldn’t my new credit card have one of those chips?”
• 9/21/2015, AL.com, “Your credit cards – and the way you use them – are changing Oct. 1. Here’s why”
• 9/21/2015, Business Solutions, “Attention VARs: EMV Transition Deadline Looms And Retailers Aren’t Prepared”
• 9/21/2015, Daily Camera, “Boulder County’s small businesses unprepared for new credit card anti-fraud rules”
• 9/20/2015, North Jersey Record, “North Jersey’s retailers using new card readers”
• 9/20/2015, San Diego Union Tribune, “Confusion At The Checkout Counter”
• 9/19/2015, Barbados Today, “VISA pledges credit card security”
• 9/19/2015, The Epoch Times, “Credit Cards Will Change Forever Starting Next Month: What You Need to Know”
• 9/15/2015, Credit.com, “Most Americans Still Don’t Have the Newest Credit Card Upgrade”
• 9/14/2015, CreditCards.com, “Avoiding fraud in a post-EMV world”
• 9/14/2015, Innovative Retail Technologies, “Study Finds Almost 8 in 10 SMB Retailers Not EMV-Ready Yet”
• 9/12/2015, Fredricksburg.com, “Merchants are wising up to ‘smart’ credit cards slowly”
• 9/12/2015, Statesman Journal, “Small firms not ready for deadline to upgrade terminals”
• 9/10/2015, Today Show, “What you need to know about new computer chip credit, debit cards”
• 9/9/2015, Credit Union Times, “Small Retailers Not EMV-Ready: Study”
• 9/9/2015, PYMNTS, “Why 78 Percent Of SMBs Haven’t Adopted EMV”
• 9/9/2015, The Star Banner, “Retailers adapt to changing standards for credit cards”
• 9/8/2015, Credit Union Times, “Cardtek Helps FIs Print Chip Cards”
• 9/1/2015, Digital Transactions, “Where EMV Certification Is a Big Headache”
• 8/23/2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Smart card transition catches some Pittsburgh businesses by surprise”
• 8/20/2015, Chain Store Age, “Tech Guest Viewpoint: EMV: Why Online Retailers Should Pay Attention”
• 8/8/2015, McDonough Voice, “Credit regulation forcing merchants to upgrade”
• 8/7/2015, CreditCards.com, “EMV holdouts: Why merchants are slow to make chip-card switch”
• 8/1/2015, Security Magazine, “Credit Card Fraud Liability Changes Coming for Retailers”
• 7/30/2015, The Plain Dealer, “Credit and debit cards with EMV chips mean big changes for consumers, shoppers nationwide”
• 7/23/2015, The Daily Post-Athenian, “Athens, Etowah Chambers host EMV card forum”
• 7/15/2015, Star Tribune, “Do those new chip-based credit and debit cards need protection?”
• 7/11/2015, USA Today, “Stolen credit data: Worse than leaked nude pics”
• 7/9/2015, CNBC, “Stolen financial info worse than leaked nude pics: Survey”
• 7/5/2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Dear U.S. banks, please protect us”
• 7/1/2015, The Plain Dealer, “Credit cards that require PINs and not just signatures would be safer, are being considered
• 6/15/2015, Dallas News, “Consumers need chip-and-PIN security”
• 6/15/2015, UT San Diego, “The Chips Are Down”
• 6/9/2015, Democrat & Chronicle, “M&T adds microchip technology to debit cards”
• 6/9/2015, CR80 News, “Campuses preparing for EMV acceptance”
• 6/2/2015, BAI, “Eliminating the EMV Migration Migraine”
• 6/1/2015, SC Magazine, “The long and winding road: EMV adoption”
• 6/1/2015, Security Magazine, “Transition Times for Bank and Financial Services Security”
• 5/18/2015, Data Privacy Monitor, “Explaining the Implications for Merchants of EMV and the Liability Shift”
• 5/17/2015, Wall Street Cheat Sheet, “The Reason Your New Chip Credit Card Isn’t As Safe As You Think”
• 5/11/2105, Credit Sesame Daily, “9 Things to Know About Chip Credit Cards — the Latest Way to Fight Credit Card Fraud”
• 5/11/2015, Security Stock Watch, “In the Boardroom with Randy Vanderhoof”
• 5/8/2015, Chain Store Age, “EMV Countdown”
• 5/4/2015, SC Magazine, “SC Magazine Chip Cards eBook (2015)” [download]
• 4/21/2015, Retail Touchpoints, “Increasing Security To Combat Data Breaches”
• 4/21/2015, PaymentsSource, “An EMV Assist for Issuers That Don’t Like to Outsource“
• 4/19/2015, Boston Globe, “Local merchants not ready for more secure ‘chip and PIN’ cards”
• 4/16/2015, CreditCards.com, “Video: Answers to your most-common EMV questions”
• 4/14/2015, N>genuity Journal, “Could the Chip Card Transition Lead to More Online and Small-Merchant Fraud?”
• 4/14/2015, Memphis Daily News “Memphis Banks Move to Issue More Secure Plastic”
• 4/9/2015, Digital Transactions Print, “Special Report: Pass the Ketchup, Please”
• 4/9/2015, Digital Transactions, “Special Report: Pass the Ketchup, Please”
• 4/7/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “EMV: Should Liability Shift Be Delayed?”
• 4/6/2015, FierceRetailIT, “Supermarket trade group seeks EMV deadline extension”
• 4/3/2015, Convenience Store Decisions, “Counting Down to EMV Liability”
• 3/26/2015, ShopSmart, “Your credit cards are changing—for the better”
• 3/24/2015, PaymentsViews, “Talking EMV in the USA”
• 3/19/2015, Valley Morning Star, “Merchants that don’t replace card readers face potential liability”
• 3/16/2015, CreditCards.com, “8 FAQs about EMV credit cards”
• 3/13/2015, PaymentsSource, “Visa Steps Up EMV Education with City-by-City Tour”
• 3/9/2015, Digital Transactions, “More Than 70% of Small Merchants Are Unaware of EMV Liability Shift, Survey Finds”
• 3/4/2015, Finextra, “Elavon Simplify ready for EMV switch”
• 3/3/2015, Fox Business, “AmEx Pledges $10M to Help SMBs Prep for EMV”
• 2/26/2015, Paybefore, “Blog: 5 Payments Trends to Watch in 2015”
• 2/23/2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, “10 Things Small Business Owners Need to Know About the 2015 Credit Card Rules”
• 2/18/2015, Banking Exchange, “EMV migration well underway, says smart card group”
• 2/18/2015, Tampa Tribune, “Publix prepares to switch to smart-card system”
• 2/17/2015, Fox Business, “SMBs Prep for EMV Shift: How Ready is Your Business?”
• 2/12/2015, Credit Union Journal, “Consumers Eager For Chip Cards, But Will Need Education”
• 2/11/2015, Vertical Systems Reseller, “Payments Summit Recap: 600+ Execs Discuss EMV, Transit and Mobile Payments”
• 2/11/2015, FierceRetailIT, “Card issuers ramp up for EMV, retailers lag”
• 2/10/2015, Hospitality Technology, “Payment Trends for 2015 Revealed at Payments Summit”
• 2/10/2015, PaymentsSource, “Samsung Wallet’s Model May Address Startup’s Pricing Problem”
• 2/9/2015, PaymentsSource, “The Gas Pump EMV Migration Risks Getting Stuck in Traffic”
• 2/6/2015, The Tennessee Credit Union “EMV Chip: FAQs”
• 2/6/2015, Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance 2015 Payments Summit focuses on collaboration”
• 2/4/2015, FierceRetailIT, “EMV cards to see heavy use by year’s end”
• 2/4/2015, Paybefore, “U.S. EMV Card Shipments up 500% over Last Year, Association Reports”
• 2/4/2015, PaymentsSource, “EMV Shift Gains Speed in U.S.—Even with Small Merchants Lagging”
• 2/4/2015, Digital Transactions, “In the Race Against the EMV Deadline, Merchant Acceptance And Debit Lag”
• 2/4/2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Smart cards expected to multiply across U.S.”
• 2/3/2015, Paybefore, “Visa Exec: EMV Migration on ‘Critical Path’”
• 2/3/2015, eWeek, “EMV Proponents Claim Progress in Payment Card Upgrades”
• 1/27/2015, Security Document World, “Smart Card Alliance highlights identity progress in 2014”
• 1/23/2015, SecureIDNews, “Smart Card Alliance announces board”
• 1/18/2015, Let’s Talk Payments, “Smart Card Alliance made some Significant Headway in 2014 Through its Councils”
• 1/15/2015, GreenSheet, “EMVCo to improve standard for e- and m-commerce”
• 1/15/2015, Smart Insights, “Smart Card Alliance supports WEDI conclusions about healthcare”
• 1/13/2015, The Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance adds EMV, mobile, transit payment experts to speaker list”
• 1/10/2015, Bankrate, “5 ways your banking may change in 2015”
• 1/4/2015, Wall Street Journal, “Why New Credit Cards May Fall Short on Fraud Control”
• 1/1/2015, Index Credit Cards, “How your credit cards are going to change in 2015”
• 12/17/2014, SecureIDNews, “White paper advocates smart health care IDs”
• 12/4/2014, ATM Marketplace, “EMV, encryption and tokenization: the payment fraud ‘holy trinity’”
• 12/4/2014, CreditUnions.com, “What’s The Hurry? No Rush Needed On EMV Liability Shift.”
• 11/18/2014, CSO, “12 security problems that EMV and tokenization won’t solve”
• 11/11/2014, MarketWatch, “Why your next credit card may look different”
• 11/11/2014, CreditCards.com, “A cash-advance PIN on an EMV card doesn’t make it ‘chip-and-PIN’”
• 11/7/2014, Watchdog, “Obama issues credit card industry bailout by executive order”
• 11/6/2014, CardRatings.com, “Everything you need to know about EMV credit cards”
• 11/3/2014, Hospitality Technology, “October POS Recap: Apple Pay, Mobility and Security Dominate Point of Sale Headlines”
• 10/29/2014, Hospitality Technology, “Tech for Payment Fraud Prevention: EMV, Encryption and Tokenization”
• 10/29/2014, InfoSecurity Magazine, “Retailers Must Gird for Holiday Season PoS Attacks”
• 10/28/2014, SC Magazine, “Layering EMV chip, tokenization, encryption bolsters card payment security”
• 10/28/2014, ATM Marketplace, “Alliance advocates concurrent use of smart chip, encryption, tokenization”
• 10/27/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “How Will Apple Pay Impact U.S. EMV?“
• 10/23/2014, Tech Cheat Sheet, “How Apple Pay Could Rid Holiday Shopping Security Concerns”
• 10/21/2014, Forbes, “Is The US Finally Accelerating A Move To Chip And Pin?”
• 10/20/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “What’s the President’s Influence on EMV?”
• 10/17/2014, Digital Transactions, “Obama Uses His Bully Pulpit To Push Cybersecurity—and Endorse PIN-Based EMV”
• 10/16/2014, Bankrate, “BofA beefs up debit card security”
• 10/10/2014, Hospitality Technology, “A Roadmap to EMV”
• 10/5/2014, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “‘Smart cards’: Chipping away at credit card fraud”
• 10/1/2014, Stores, “What’s Next for NFC”
• 9/11/2014, Business Review USA, “Payment via digital wallets to reach $189B by 2018 thanks to Apple Pay”
• 9/17/2014, Memphis News Daily, “First South Launches More Secure Cards”
• 9/16/2014, BankInfo Security, “The Biggest Challenge to EMV Migration”
• 9/15/2014, Business Solutions, “EMV Migration Forum Launches New Resource, Plans Training Workshop”
• 9/10/2014, ISO & Agent Newsletter, “Apple Makes Its Move in Mobile Payments”
• 9/10/2014, Reuters, “Retailers seen unlikely to warm up to Apple Pay”
• 9/10/2014, CNBC, “One step for Apple, one leap for mobile payments”
• 9/9/2014, eWeek, “Apple Pay Could Be a Credit Card Security Game Changer”
• 9/9/2014, CNET, “Apple takes NFC mainstream on iPhone 6”
• 9/9/2014, Bloomberg, “Apple’s New Payment System Seen Benefiting Card Networks”
• 9/9/2014, PaymentsSource, “Apple Makes Its Move in Mobile Payments”
• 9/9/2014, PaymentsSource Email Bulletin, “Apple Makes Its Move in Mobile Payments”
• 9/4/2014, FOX News, “Smart technology tracks hospital patients”
• 8/27/2014, NFC World, “Smart Card Alliance offers HCE paper”
• 8/25/2014, Card Not Present, “White Paper: HCE Has ‘Far-Reaching Implications’ for NFC, Payments”
• 8/22/2014, Business News Americas, “Panama to distribute multi-purpose smart cards in 2016” (subscription required)
• 8/17/2014, Tulsa World, “Bits and Bytes: Now your credit cards have microchips in them”
• 8/15/2014, The Plain Dealer, “South Euclid woman wraps credit cards in foil for protection: Money Matters”
• 8/6/2014, Credit Card Guide, “A chip in your credit card? Here’s what to expect”
• 7/28/2014, MarketWire, “More Secure Shopping Ahead”
• 7/10/2014, Credit Union Times, “Mobile Payments About to Take Off: Mobility Matters”
• 7/10/2014, CreditCards.com, “8 FAQs about the new EMV credit cards”
• 7/10/2014, Paybefore, “Viewpoint: Is BLE the Next Important Innovation in Mobile Technology?”
• 7/7/2014, PaymentsSource, “Issuers, Merchants on Collision Course for Tokenization Standard”
• 7/1/2014, Digital Transactions, “I Want You for EMV”
• 6/26/2014, Boston Globe, ”Consumers may have to wait for more secure credit cards, says new report”
• 6/25/2014, ABA Banking Journal, ”3 new technologies that could spur mobile payment use”
• 6/20/2014, Credit Card Forum, ”What can thieves do with the cards you throw out?”
• 6/13/2014, PYMNTS.com, ”EMV In The U.S.: It Will Be A Long Ride”
• 6/12/2014, Digital Transactions, ”Estimates Vary, But There’s No Doubt: EMV Cards Soon Will Be in Millions More Wallets”
• 6/12/2014, Mobile Payments Today, “EMV, HCE, BLE will drive adoption of NFC in the USA”
• 6/11/2014, Fierce Retail IT, ”Will PF Chang’s data breach speed EMV?”
• 6/11/2014, Bloomberg, “Credit Card Security”
• 6/10/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “Why EMV in US Is Still Lagging”
• 6/4/2014, Investopedia, “What You Need To Know About EMV Credit Cards”
• 5/24/2014, AP, “Visa, MasterCard renew push for chip cards”
• 5/7/2014, Bloomberg, “Target Breach Puts Gemalto CEO in High Demand in U.S.“
• 5/6/2014, Javelin Strategy & Research, “EMV IN USA: Assessment of Merchant and Card Issuer Readiness“
• 5/1/2014, Consumers Digest, “Better security for credit cards“
• 4/29/2014, PaymentsSource, “The Tide is Turning for U.S. Chip Migration“
• 4/23/2014, Parking Matters, “Can EMV Protect us from Cybercriminals?“
• 4/10/2014, Bloomberg, “Target Breach Spurs Retail Rush to Accept Tougher Credit Cards“
• 4/4/2014, Cards Tech Security, “EMV Migration Forum issues revised Standardization of Terminology“
• 4/2/2014, STORES, “Looking North“
• 4/1/2014, NY Times Dealbook, “The Credit Card of Tomorrow: Software, Not Plastic“
• 3/24/2014, The Green Sheet, “MasterCard, Visa form payment security group“
• 3/21/2014, NBC 6 South Florida, “Credit Card Overhaul Creates New Fraud Risks: Expert“
• 3/17/2014, ATM Marketplace, “EMV has a long way to go“
• 3/16/2014, TH Online, “A ‘Smarter’ choice for shoppers“
• 3/13/2014, SC Magazine, “MasterCard, Visa to push EMV; NFR calls for use of PINs“
• 3/12/2014, Roll Call, “Data Breach Response May Be Limited to Notification“
• 3/10/2014, CIO Journal, “Retail Group Punts on MasterCard, Visa Smart Chip Security Plan“
• 3/7/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “Target Hearings: EMV Not Enough“
• 3/6/2014, eWeek, “U.S. House Subcommittee Studies Ways to Boost Personal Data Security“
• 3/1/2014, Risk Management, “Hacking Away at the Bottom Line“
• 2/27/2014, Bank News, “Smart Cards, Security and Banks“
• 2/27/2014, ISO & Agent, “The Brighter Side Of Breaches?“
• 2/26/2014, The Ledger, “Securing Card Info: Solicore Technology Renders Hacked Account Data Useless“
• 2/24/2014, KTRH-AM, “Changes Coming to US Credit Cards Soon“
• 1/30/2014, Money News, “US Pays Dearly to Keep an Antiquated Credit Card System“
• 1/30/2014, USA Today, “Chip card fight could lead to new security measures“
• 1/29/2014, Credit Union Times, “Liability Shift Driving EMV“
• 1/29/2014, Daily Finance, “Retailers Fear More Target-Like Customer Data Breaches“
• 1/29/2014, examiner.com, “The need for stronger ID verification in retail“
• 1/28/2014, Forbes, “American Credit Cards Improving Security With EMV, At Last“
• 1/28//2014, The Motley Fool, “Retailers Fear More Target-Like Customer Data Breaches“
• 1/27/2014, Payments Source, “Uncertainty Could Delay EMV“
• 1/27/2014, The Guardian, “Why is the US a decade behind Europe on ‘chip and pin’ cards?“
• 1/26/2014, Crain’s Cleveland Business, “Firefighters Community Credit Union puts chips on fraud protection“
• 1/23/2014, Carroll News, “Smart cards that have curbed fraud in Europe to be used more by U.S. retailers“
• 1/23/2014, Cleveland.com, “Cleveland banks moving toward safer debit and credit cards after Target breach“
• 1/20/2014, WSJ, “Target Tried Antitheft Cards“
• 1/16/2014, Bank News, page 25
• 1/15/2014, WCPO, “Target security breach could impact several Cincinnati companies“
• 1/14/2014, Digital Transactions, “Experts Differ on Whether EMV Chip Cards Provide Data-Breach Immunity“
• 1/13/2014, North Jersey Record, “Target breach could speed introduction of ‘smart’ credit and debit cards in U.S.“
• 1/13/2014, SC Magazine, “Target CEO confirms malware on POS machines, talks chip cards“
• 1/13/2014, WSJ CIO Journal, “Retailers Covet Pin, Chip Tech to Boost Security, Says Carter’s CIO“
• 1/11/2014, WBAL-AM, Broadcast
• 1/10/2014, USA Today, “Target breach ‘watershed event’ for security“
• 1/8/2014, News Tribune, “Credit card security switch coming to store near you“
• 1/7/2014, The Abington Journal, “OTHER OPINION: TARGET’S DATA BREACH ‘Smart cards’ can deter credit fraud“
• 1/6/2014, Payments Source, “Merchants Face Same EMV Timeline, Despite Target Breach, Fed Concerns“
• 1/2/2014, San Jose Mercury, “Mercury News editorial: Target breach may have been preventable“
• 12/28/2013, Baltimore Sun, “Target breach exposes lackluster credit card security“
• 12/27/2013, NPR, “Consumers May Start Seeing More-Secure ‘Chip’ Credit Cards In 2014“
• 12/27/2013, CBS News, ““Smart card” technology could protect shoppers from hackers“
• 12/27/2013, WIOD, Radio Interview
• 12/27/2013, Star Tribune, “Anger builds over credit card data breach at Target“
• 12/26/2013, Bankrate, “Target breach: A case for EMV“
• 12/26/2013, The Press Democrat, “PD Editorial: U.S. needs to catch up on card security“
• 12/26/2013, Press-Telegram, “Editorial; Smart cards could help reduce fraud“
• 12/24/2013, Retail Touchpoints, “UPDATE: Target Focuses On Building Customer Trust Following Data Breach“
• 12/23/2013, Payments Source, “EMV Migration Forum Reports Progress in U.S.“
• 12/23/2013, Eurasia Review, “Magnetic Swipe: Obsolete Credit Card Tech Makes US Prime Target For Fraudsters“
• 12/23/2013, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, “Could a credit-card chip be the secret to security?“
• 12/22/2013, RT, “Magnetic swipe: Obsolete credit card tech makes US prime Target for fraudsters“
• 12/21/2013, LA Times, “U.S. a laggard in adopting more secure credit cards“
• 12/21/2013, UPI, Staff, “Expert: U.S. slow to adopt more secure credit cards“
• 12/20/2013, Bank Info Security, “Target Breach: What happened?“
• 12/20/2013, Paybefore, “Target Data Breach Latest Sign It’s High Time for EMV“
• 12/20/2013, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “CONSUMER SAFETY: Target breach exposes holes: Credit, debit system’s vulnerability put 40M shoppers’ data at risk“
• 12/19/2013, Payments Source, “Target Breach Sends Chills: Is Any Merchant Safe, Even With EMV?“

News on the Payments Industry

• 1/13/2014, CNBC, “The Dysfunctional State of American Credit Cards“
• 1/13/2014, MasterCard, “U.S. Banks and Merchants: Now Is the Time for EMV-Chip Card Migration“
• 1/13/2014, CNBC, “Broadcast Interview with Pete Pachal, Technology Editor at Mashable“
• 1/13/2014, Mashable, “Target CEO: There Was Malware in Our Point-of-Sale Registers“

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All Smart Card Alliance News

September 2016

• 9/16/2016, The Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance hosts contactless card, mobile EMV payments webinar”
• 9/16/2016, The Green Sheet, “US Payments Forum, National ATM Council host workshop at NAC2016”
• 9/14/2016, Homeland Security Today,“Smart Card Alliance Highlights Policy Considerations For OMB Access Control Update”
• 9/6/2016, Security Info Watch,“Sharing Credentials”
• 9/1/2016, Digital Transactions, “What’s the Matter With Wallets? ”

August 2016

• 8/24/2016, Toledo Legal News, “News Smart chip cards continue to saturate market, despite security risks and lagging speeds”
• 8/20/2016, Banking Exchange, “Contactless payments—old could be new again”
• 8/4/2016, The Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance to host one-day mobile wallet workshop”

July 2016

• 7/21/2016, Medianama, “Wallets want NPCI to build a database to prevent fraud”
• 7/14/2016, Security Info Watch, “Access Control: Fulfilling FICAM”
• 7/13/2016, Business Solutions, “Smart Card Alliance White Paper Details Why The Ideal Time For Card Issuers And Retailers To Go Contactless Is Now”
• 7/8/2016, Credit.com, “Do You Really Need a Special Case to Keep Your Credit Card Safe?”

June 2016

• 6/21/2016, Federal News Radio, “Halvorsen ‘firing for effect’ in calling for the end of CAC”
• 6/17/2016, Philly Voice, “Why I goofed putting my SEPTA Key on social media”
• 6/14/2016, Business Solutions, “Securing Federal Identity 2016 Focused On Cybersecurity, Authentication”
• 6/10/2016, Secure ID News, “Feds: Smart card usage increasing”
• 6/9/2016, Security Info Watch, “Use of PIV credentials continues to expand in government sectors”
• 6/1/2016, PaymentsSource, “Old Tech Makes Its Mark on the New Internet of Things”

May 2016

•  5/27/2016, CSO, “Second-factor may prevent ATM fraud”
• 5/26/2016, Secure ID News, “VASCO updates e-sig software, IoT conference”
• 5/23/2016, Security Sales & Integration, “Smart Card Alliance Announces Agenda for Securing Federal Identity 2016”
• 5/18/2016, Consumer Reports, “Credit Card Confusion at the Cashier?”
• 5/13/2016, Mass Transit, “EMV For Parking – New White Paper From Smart Card Alliance & IPI”
• 5/10/2016, The Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance updates EMV and Parking white paper”
• 5/9/2016, Security Week, “Smart Card Alliance Forms IoT Security Council”
• 5/5/2016, ABC Philadelphia, “What’s the Deal: Insert, don’t swipe, your chip card”
• 5/4/2016, Information Management, “New IoT Security Council Formed to Address Security and Privacy Concerns”
• 5/3/2016, Planet Biometrics, “Smart Card Alliance paper explores Fido on smart cards”
• 5/3/2016, SecureIDNews, “Smart card tech can enhance FIDO authentication standards”
• 5/3/2016, ReadWrite, “Smart Card Alliance forms new IoT security council”
• 5/2/2016, FindBiometrics, “New White Paper Highlights FIDO-Compliant Smart Cards”
• 5/2/2016, Mobile ID World, “Smart Card Alliance White Paper Highlights FIDO Advantages”

April 2016

• 4/28/2016, IoT.do, “Smart Card Alliance Expands Focus to IoT”
• 4/28/2016, Secure ID News, “SCA forms IoT council, Face recognition for Uber drivers”
• 4/28/2016, The Paypers, “Smart Card Alliance expands focus to Internet of Things”
• 4/22/2016, Computerworld, “Visa’s EMV struggle: Is better preferable to consistent?”
• 4/19/2016, NPR, “Are The New Credit Cards Chipping Away At Our Patience?”
• 4/14/2016, Secure ID News, “Entrust Datacard unveils cybersecurity appliance, MorphoTrust certified, Federal ID event”
• 4/11/2016, Chicago Tribune, “Why do new chip cards take so long?”
• 4/7/2016, St. Louis Post Dispatch, “Do I Need a Chip & PIN Credit Card When I’m Abroad?”
• 4/6/2016, Digital Transactions, “Eye on EMV: Terminal Hiccups, Petroleum’s Challenge, And a Dual-Interface Future”
• 4/1/2016, Digital Transactions, “Near Field of Dreams”

March 2016

• 3/26/2016, Credit Union Times, “EMV Transition Delays Persist”
• 3/12/2016, Biometric Update, SmartMetric proceeding with licensing and operational testing of its biometric payment card
• 3/11/2016, Credit Union Times, Merchants, Issuers Continue to Lag on EMV
• 3/7/2016, Huffington Post, “How Mobile Payments Will Take Over All Payments”

February 2016

• 2/29/2016, SecureIDNews, “Converge health care ID and payments”
• 2/29/2016, GCN, “The tech that locks down ID cards”
• 2/29/2016, Information Management, “Credit Card Tech May Solve Health Identity and Payments Issues”
• 2/26/2016, Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance issues paper on healthcare ID, payments convergence”
• 2/26/2016, Security Document World, “Smart Card Alliance launches white paper”
• 2/25/2016, Business Solutions, “Smart Card Alliance White Paper Provides Vision For Healthcare Identity Authentication And EMV Payments Convergence”
• 2/18/2016, Mobile Payments Today, “Heartland, Smart Card Alliance partner on consumer security advocacy”
• 2/18/16, Hospitality Technology, “Heartland and Smart Card Alliance Collaborate to Improve Payments and Data Security”
• 2/18/2016, The Paypers, “Heartland, Smart Card Alliance team up for payments and data security”
• 2/18/2016, PYMNTS, “Heartland/Smart Card Alliance Launch Payments Security Center”
• 2/17/2016, Finextra, “Heartland and Smart Card Alliance team on payments security training centre”
• 2/17/2016, Retail TouchPoints, “Heartland, Smart Card Alliance Team Up To Improve Data Security”
• 2/15/2016, Leigh Valley Business, “EMV debut shifts fraudsters’ focus to online”
• 2/14/2016, Biometric Update, “Biometrics and financial services, smart guns, cybersecurity and facial recognition trending this week”
• 2/7/2016, Biometric Update, “SmartMetric presenting its fingerprint activated EMV chip technology at Smart Card Alliance Payments Summit”
• 2/4/2016, Electronic Payments International, “Smart Card Alliance sets up new training centre in Virginia”
• 2/4/2016, Secure ID News, “Smart Card Alliance opens new facility, Gabon taps Gemalto”
• 2/4/2016, ATM Marketplace, “Smart Card Alliance opens Washington, DC-area training center”
• 2/3/2016, Security Document World, “Smart Card Alliance opens centre for advanced payments and identity security
• 2/2/2016, Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance opens educational and training facility in Virginia”
• 2/2/2016, Small Business Opportunity, “Smart Card Alliance & ICMA EXPO”

January 2016

• 1/22/2016, The Plain Dealer, “Giant Eagle, Acme, other grocers don’t yet accept the safer EMV chip cards: Money Matters”
• 1/19/2016, Bank News, “Smart Card Alliance White Paper Explores Uses of NFC Beyond Payments”
• 1/14/2016, RFID World Canada, “Smart Card Alliance Explores the Uses of NFC Technology Beyond Payments”
• 1/13/2016, Milwaukee NNS, “How to use a ‘chip’ credit card”
• 1/13/2016, Business Solutions, “Are You Advising Your Merchant Clients To Upgrade To NFC Along With EMV?”
• 1/12/2016, Payment Week, “What You Need to Know About Card-Not-Present Fraud”
• 1/4/2016, CreditCards.com, “EMV changing how we tip? Not so fast”

December 2015

• 12/31/2015, Payment Week, “College Campuses Expand the Use of Mobile Devices Beyond Payments”
• 12/30/2015, CR80 News, “Campuses show that NFC is more than payments”
• 12/29/2015, Dark Reading, “The Fraud Tsunami Heads To The Sharing Economy”
• 12/27/2015, New York Post, “Credit card chips mean longer lines for shoppers”
• 12/21/2015, Mass Transit, “Smart Card Alliance Expands Payments Summit”
• 12/15/2015, Investor’s Business Daily, “Apple Pay, Chip Credit Cards Help Redefine Payments”
• 12/14/2015, CreditCards.com, “‘Smart chip’ debit cards transition going slowly”
• 12/14/2015, NBC, “Few Retailers Using ‘Chip’ Credit Card Security Feature for Holidays”
• 12/2/2015, Mobile Marketing & Technology, “Smart Card Alliance White Paper Explores Contactless Payments and the Role of NFC Technology in U.S. EMV Migration”
• 12/2/2015, Contactless Intelligence, “Smart Card Alliance releases white paper on the role of NFC technology in U.S. EMV migration”

November 2015

• 11/25/2015, PaymentsSource, “E-Commerce Surge Provides Cover for Fraud After EMV Shift”
• 11/25/2015, Clarksville Online, “Tennessee Consumer Affairs says EMV Credit Card Technology arrives ahead of ‘Black Friday’ Holiday Shopping”
• 11/24/2015, CNN Money, “Why Black Friday lines could be even worse this year”
• 11/13/2015, Pacific Business News, “Debate over chip and PIN credit cards in Hawaii, U.S. is a decade too late”
• 11/12/2015, Associations Now, “With Deadline in Rearview, EMV Expansion Still Putters Along”
• 11/11/2015, Mashable, “What is credit card tokenization? 5 things consumers need to know”
• 11/9/2015, Computer World, “U.S. innovation will beat European planning in mobile payments”
• 11/5/2015, SecureIDNews, “Smart Card Alliance’s new leadership, DOD extends MorphoTrust, Gallagher’s new products”
• 11/5/2015, NJ.com, “Bamboozled: Is your new smart-chip credit card inviting a scam?”
• 11/3/2015, CreditCards.com, “Fraud risk minimal from contactless EMV cards”

October 2015

• 10/30/2015, Independent Banker, “ATMs and EMV”
• 10/23/2015, Hotel Management, “How EMV affects the transaction process”
• 10/22/2015, RV Pro Magazine, “Businesses Snagged in Logjam Over Credit Card Upgrade”
• 10/16/2015, Marketplace, “Netflix: The dog at our credit cards”
• 10/15/2015, Mobility Tech Zone, “Smart Card Alliance Shows Rise in NFC Device Creation, Discusses Security”
• 10/12/2015, Washington Post, “Will those new smart-chip-equipped ATM cards be easier to lose?”
• 10/9/2015, Digital Transactions, “With NFC Finally Getting a Foothold, More Uses Could Mean More Payments, Experts Say”
• 10/8/2015, NetworkWorld, “Why have most merchants missed the EMV deadline?”
• 10/7/2015, The Hill, “Lawmakers question switch to microchip credit cards”
• 10/1/2015, Retail Touchpoints, “EMV Liability Shift Deadline Arrives. Are Retailers Ready?”
• 10/1/2015, Santa Cruz Sentinel, “What you need to know about computer chips in credit cards”
• 10/1/2015, Digital Transactions, “The Big Bang It Ain’t”

September 2015

• 10/1/2015, CreditCards.com, “7 merchant tips to understanding EMV fraud liability shift”
• 10/1/2015, Mashable, “EMV credit card migration: 6 things every consumer needs to know”
• 10/1/2015, The Plain Dealer, “Today is the deadline for banks and stores to convert to EMV chip cards: What should you do?”
• 9/30/2015, The Hill, “Retailers swipe at banks over microchip mandate”
• 9/29/2015, The Sun Herald, “Smart card technology is in wallets but not at all stores”
• 9/29/2015, Daily Journal, “New EMV credit cards offer better fraud protection”
• 9/29/2015, Bloomberg, “What That Chip in Your New Credit Card Means for You”
• 9/29/2015, The Simple Dollar, “EMV Credit Cards: Six Questions Answered”
• 9/28/2015, Security Document World, “Smart Card Alliance responds to GAO report”
• 9/28/2015, Tech Republic, “US deadline for EMV credit cards looming: What you need to know”
• 9/27/2015, CNN Money, “Got a new credit card in the mail? Here’s why”
• 9/26/2015, Palm Beach Post, “Up to 4 out of 5 Fla. retailers not ready for chip credit cards Oct. 1”
• 9/25/2015, “RetailWire, “Are retailers ready for the EMV deadline?”
• 9/25/2015, Credit.com, “The Big Problem With Those New Credit Cards That No One’s Talking About”
• 9/22/2015, Gainesville.com, “Local retailers brace for anti-fraud credit cards”
• 9/22/2015, NACS Online, “Will Chip Cards Cause Consumer Confusion?”
• 9/21/2015, Christian Science Monitor, “How your credit cards will change starting next month”
• 9/21/2015, KRDO, “Smart-chip credit card deadline looms for small businesses”
• 9/21/2015, SecurityInfoWatch, “Second Generation FICAM PACS are Fast Evolving”
• 9/21/2015, Bulletin Leader, “Mailbag: Shouldn’t my new credit card have one of those chips?”
• 9/21/2015, AL.com, “Your credit cards – and the way you use them – are changing Oct. 1. Here’s why”
• 9/21/2015, Business Solutions, “Attention VARs: EMV Transition Deadline Looms And Retailers Aren’t Prepared”
• 9/21/2015, Daily Camera, “Boulder County’s small businesses unprepared for new credit card anti-fraud rules”
• 9/20/2015, North Jersey Record, “North Jersey’s retailers using new card readers”
• 9/20/2015, San Diego Union Tribune, “Confusion At The Checkout Counter”
• 9/19/2015, Barbados Today, “VISA pledges credit card security”
• 9/19/2015, The Epoch Times, “Credit Cards Will Change Forever Starting Next Month: What You Need to Know”
• 9/15/2015, Credit.com, “Most Americans Still Don’t Have the Newest Credit Card Upgrade”
• 9/14/2015, Innovative Retail Technologies, “Study Finds Almost 8 in 10 SMB Retailers Not EMV-Ready Yet”
• 9/14/2015, CreditCards.com, “Avoiding fraud in a post-EMV world”
• 9/12/2015, Fredricksburg.com, “Merchants are wising up to ‘smart’ credit cards slowly”
• 9/12/2015, Statesman Journal, “Small firms not ready for deadline to upgrade terminals”
• 9/10/2015, Security Info Watch, “Two-Factor Cyber Protection”
• 9/10/2015, Today Show, “What you need to know about new computer chip credit, debit cards”
• 9/9/2015, Credit Union Times, “Small Retailers Not EMV-Ready: Study”
• 9/9/2015, PYMNTS, “Why 78 Percent Of SMBs Haven’t Adopted EMV”
• 9/9/2015, The Star Banner, “Retailers adapt to changing standards for credit cards”
• 9/8/2015, Credit Union Times, “Cardtek Helps FIs Print Chip Cards”
• 9/1/2015, Digital Transactions, “Where EMV Certification Is a Big Headache”

August 2015

• 8/23/2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Smart card transition catches some Pittsburgh businesses by surprise”
• 8/20/2015, Chain Store Age, “Tech Guest Viewpoint: EMV: Why Online Retailers Should Pay Attention”
• 8/8/2015, McDonough Voice, “Credit regulation forcing merchants to upgrade”
• 8/7/2015, CreditCards.com, “EMV holdouts: Why merchants are slow to make chip-card switch”
• 8/1/2015, Federal News Radio, “In Focus: Two-factor Authentication”
• 8/1/2015, Security Magazine, “Credit Card Fraud Liability Changes Coming for Retailers”

July 2015

• 7/30/2015, The Plain Dealer, “Credit and debit cards with EMV chips mean big changes for consumers, shoppers nationwide”
• 7/23/2015, The Daily Post-Athenian, “Athens, Etowah Chambers host EMV card forum”
• 7/15/2015, Star Tribune, “Do those new chip-based credit and debit cards need protection?”
• 7/11/2015, USA Today, “Stolen credit data: Worse than leaked nude pics”
• 7/9/2015, CNBC, “Stolen financial info worse than leaked nude pics: Survey”
• 7/5/2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Dear U.S. banks, please protect us”
• 7/7/2015, Managed Healthcare Executive, “Under Attack: Arm Yourself Against Hackers”
• 7/1/2015, The Plain Dealer, “Credit cards that require PINs and not just signatures would be safer, are being considered”

June 2015

• 6/15/2015, Dallas News, “Consumers need chip-and-PIN security”
• 6/15/2015, UT San Diego, “The Chips Are Down”
• 6/11/2015, FCW, “Mobile pushes changes in biometric identifiers”
• 6/1/2015, Re:ID, “GSA to Reveal Physical Access Procurement Changes” (Print)
• 6/9/2015, Democrat & Chronicle, “M&T adds microchip technology to debit cards”
• 6/9/2015, CR80 News, “Campuses preparing for EMV acceptance”
• 6/9/2015, FCW, “OMB cyber group meeting with a dozen agencies on steps to improve security”
• 6/2/2015, BAI, “Eliminating the EMV Migration Migraine”
• 6/1/2015, SC Magazine, “The long and winding road: EMV adoption”
• 6/1/2015, Security Magazine, “Transition Times for Bank and Financial Services Security”

May 2015

• 5/20/2015, Business Solutions, “Smart Card Alliance To Host Webinar On Host Card Emulation To Educate Industry On Secure NFC Mobile Architecture Possibilities”
• 5/18/2015, Data Privacy Monitor, “Explaining the Implications for Merchants of EMV and the Liability Shift”
• 5/17/2015, Wall Street Cheat Sheet, “The Reason Your New Chip Credit Card Isn’t As Safe As You Think”
• 5/8/2015, Chain Store Age, “EMV Countdown”
• 5/4/2015, SC Magazine, “SC Magazine Chip Cards eBook (2015)” [download]

April 2015

• 4/21/2015, Retail Touchpoints, “Increasing Security To Combat Data Breaches”
• 4/21/2015, PaymentsSource, “An EMV Assist for Issuers That Don’t Like to Outsource“
• 4/19/2015, Boston Globe, “Local merchants not ready for more secure ‘chip and PIN’ cards”
• 4/16/2015, CreditCards.com, “Video: Answers to your most-common EMV questions”
• 4/14/2015, N>genuity Journal, “Could the Chip Card Transition Lead to More Online and Small-Merchant Fraud?”
• 4/14/2015, Memphis Daily News “Memphis Banks Move to Issue More Secure Plastic”
• 4/12/2015, For The Record, “Can Smart Cards Reduce Medical Fraud?”
• 4/9/2015, Digital Transactions Print, “Special Report: Pass the Ketchup, Please”
• 4/9/2015, Digital Transactions, “Special Report: Pass the Ketchup, Please”
• 4/8/2015, GCN, “Raising the bar on smartcards for physical access”
• 4/8/2015, Help Net Security, “Guide outlines specifications of smart card-based PACS”
• 4/8/2015, Globe and Mail, “TransLink’s Compass Card fare system to expand testing this summer”
• 4/7/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “EMV: Should Liability Shift Be Delayed?”
• 4/6/2015, FierceRetailIT, “Supermarket trade group seeks EMV deadline extension”
• 4/3/2015, Convenience Store Decisions, “Counting Down to EMV Liability”
• 4/1/2015, ISO & Agent, “EMV Hits a Bump at the Pump” (Print)

March 2015

• 3/26/2015, ShopSmart, “Your credit cards are changing—for the better”
• 3/25/2015, ATM Marketplace, “Smart Card Alliance lays out real cost of data breach”
• 3/24/2015, PaymentsViews, “Talking EMV in the USA”
• 3/20/2015, Security Document World, “Smart Card Alliance to host EPACS and smart card workshop”
• 3/19/2015, Valley Morning Star, “Merchants that don’t replace card readers face potential liability”
• 3/16/2015, CreditCards.com, “8 FAQs about EMV credit cards”
• 3/13/2015, PaymentsSource, “Visa Steps Up EMV Education with City-by-City Tour”
• 3/9/2015, Digital Transactions, “More Than 70% of Small Merchants Are Unaware of EMV Liability Shift, Survey Finds”
• 3/9/2015, SecureIDNews, “PIV-I, CIV circling the drain”
• 3/4/2015, Finextra, “Elavon Simplify ready for EMV switch”
• 3/3/2015, Fox Business, “AmEx Pledges $10M to Help SMBs Prep for EMV”
• 3/3/2015, Federal News Radio, “Interview: Randy Vanderhoof, Executive Director, Smart Card Alliance”

February 2015

• 2/26/2015, Paybefore, “Blog: 5 Payments Trends to Watch in 2015”
• 2/23/2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, “10 Things Small Business Owners Need to Know About the 2015 Credit Card Rules”
• 2/18/2015, Banking Exchange, “EMV migration well underway, says smart card group”
• 2/18/2015, BAI, “Hot Button Issues at BAI Payments Connect 2015”
• 2/18/2015, Tampa Tribune, “Publix prepares to switch to smart-card system”
• 2/17/2015, Fox Business, “SMBs Prep for EMV Shift: How Ready is Your Business?”
• 2/12/2015, Credit Union Journal, “Consumers Eager For Chip Cards, But Will Need Education”
• 2/11/2015, Vertical Systems Reseller, “Payments Summit Recap: 600+ Execs Discuss EMV, Transit and Mobile Payments”
• 2/11/2015, FierceRetailIT, “Card issuers ramp up for EMV, retailers lag”
• 2/10/2015, Hospitality Technology, “Payment Trends for 2015 Revealed at Payments Summit”
• 2/10/2015, PaymentsSource, “Samsung Wallet’s Model May Address Startup’s Pricing Problem”
• 2/9/2015, PaymentsSource, “The Gas Pump EMV Migration Risks Getting Stuck in Traffic”
• 2/6/2015, The Tennessee Credit Union “EMV Chip: FAQs”
• 2/6/2015, Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance 2015 Payments Summit focuses on collaboration”
• 2/4/2015, FierceRetailIT, “EMV cards to see heavy use by year’s end”
• 2/4/2015, Paybefore, “U.S. EMV Card Shipments up 500% over Last Year, Association Reports”
• 2/4/2015, PaymentsSource, “EMV Shift Gains Speed in U.S.—Even with Small Merchants Lagging”
• 2/4/2015, Digital Transactions, “In the Race Against the EMV Deadline, Merchant Acceptance And Debit Lag”
• 2/4/2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Smart cards expected to multiply across U.S.”
• 2/3/2015, Paybefore, “Visa Exec: EMV Migration on ‘Critical Path’”
• 2/3/2015, eWeek, “EMV Proponents Claim Progress in Payment Card Upgrades”
• 2/2/2015, BankInfoSecurity, “Visa on Unique EMV Challenges in U.S.”
• 2/1/2015, SecureIDNews, “Sending access control engineers back to school”

January 2015

• 1/18/2015, Let’s Talk Payments, “Smart Card Alliance made some Significant Headway in 2014 Through its Councils”
• 1/15/2015, GreenSheet, “EMVCo to improve standard for e- and m-commerce”
• 1/15/2015, Smart Insights, “Smart Card Alliance supports WEDI conclusions about healthcare”
• 1/15/2015, Security Document World, “Smart Card Alliance announces new board”
• 1/13/2015, Mass Transit, “Smart Card Alliance 2015 Payments Summit to Cover Latest Advancements in EMV Chip, Mobile and Transit Payments”
• 1/13/2015, Finextra, “Smart Card Alliance announces new leadership for 2015”
• 1/13/2015, The Green Sheet, “Smart Card Alliance adds EMV, mobile, transit payment experts to speaker list”
• 1/10/2015, Bankrate, “5 ways your banking may change in 2015”
• 1/6/2015, Health IT Outcomes, “Smart Cards Cut Costs”
• 1/4/2015, Wall Street Journal, “Why New Credit Cards May Fall Short on Fraud Control”
• 1/1/2015, Index Credit Cards, “How your credit cards are going to change in 2015”

December 2014

• 12/30/2014, GreenSheet, “Staples urges diligence post breach, stakeholders point fingers”
• 12/23/2014, DMNews, “Scrolling Through a Year of Mobile”
• 12/19/2014, Health IT Security, “Can Smart Cards Reduce the Risk of Medical Identity Theft?”
• 12/17/2014, SecureIDNews, “White paper advocates smart health care IDs”
• 12/4/2014, ATM Marketplace, “EMV, encryption and tokenization: the payment fraud ‘holy trinity’”
• 12/4/2014, CreditUnions.com, “What’s The Hurry? No Rush Needed On EMV Liability Shift.”
• 12/2/2014, Promotion World, “What Small Business Need to Know About Apple Pay”
• 12/1/2014, Digital Transactions, “The Tug of War Over Tokenization”

November 2014

• 11/18/2014, CSO, “12 security problems that EMV and tokenization won’t solve”
• 11/11/2014, MarketWatch, “Why your next credit card may look different”
• 11/11/2014, CreditCards.com, “A cash-advance PIN on an EMV card doesn’t make it ‘chip-and-PIN’”
• 11/7/2014, Watchdog, “Obama issues credit card industry bailout by executive order”
• 11/6/2014, CardRatings.com, “Everything you need to know about EMV credit cards”
• 11/3/2014, SC Magazine, “A balancing act: Apple technology”
• 11/3/2014, Hospitality Technology, “October POS Recap: Apple Pay, Mobility and Security Dominate Point of Sale Headlines”

October 2014

• 10/29/2014, Hospitality Technology, “Tech for Payment Fraud Prevention: EMV, Encryption and Tokenization”
• 10/29/2014, InfoSecurity Magazine, “Retailers Must Gird for Holiday Season PoS Attacks”
• 10/29/2014, FCW, “Cyberattacks, DeSalvo staying, elegant ID and more”
• 10/28/2014, SC Magazine, “Layering EMV chip, tokenization, encryption bolsters card payment security”
• 10/28/2014, ATM Marketplace, “Alliance advocates concurrent use of smart chip, encryption, tokenization”
• 10/27/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “How Will Apple Pay Impact U.S. EMV?“
• 10/23/2014, Tech Cheat Sheet, “How Apple Pay Could Rid Holiday Shopping Security Concerns”
• 10/21/2014, Forbes, “Is The US Finally Accelerating A Move To Chip And Pin?”
• 10/20/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “What’s the President’s Influence on EMV?”
• 10/17/2014, Digital Transactions, “Obama Uses His Bully Pulpit To Push Cybersecurity—and Endorse PIN-Based EMV”
• 10/16/2014, Bankrate, “BofA beefs up debit card security”
• 10/12/2014, Wall Street Cheat Sheet, “Can Apple Pay Overcome Retailers’ Resistance to Change?”
• 10/10/2014, Hospitality Technology, “A Roadmap to EMV”
• 10/9/2014, SecureID News, “Smart Card Alliance announces government keynote speakers”
• 10/5/2014, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “‘Smart cards’: Chipping away at credit card fraud”
• 10/1/2014, Stores, “What’s Next for NFC”

September 2014

• 9/17/2014, Memphis News Daily, “First South Launches More Secure Cards”
• 9/16/2014, DMNews, “NFC Gets an Airing, Thanks to Apple”
• 9/16/2014, BankInfo Security, “The Biggest Challenge to EMV Migration”
• 9/15/2014, GovInfo Security, “Apple Pay: Global Expansion Planned”
• 9/15/2014, Business Solutions, “EMV Migration Forum Launches New Resource, Plans Training Workshop”
• 9/12/2014, Secure ID News, “Smart Card Alliance announced 13th Annual Government show”
• 9/11/2014, ZDNet, “Apple Pay and security: Could tokenization be the tool that curbs data breaches?”
• 9/9/2014, CNET, “Apple takes NFC mainstream on iPhone 6; Apple Watch with Apple Pay”
• 9/10/2014, ISO & Agent Newsletter, “Apple Makes Its Move in Mobile Payments”
• 9/10/2014, Reuters, “Retailers seen unlikely to warm up to Apple Pay”
• 9/10/2014, CNBC, “One step for Apple, one leap for mobile payments”
• 9/9/2014, eWeek, “Apple Pay Could Be a Credit Card Security Game Changer”
• 9/9/2014, CNET, “Apple takes NFC mainstream on iPhone 6”
• 9/9/2014, Bloomberg, “Apple’s New Payment System Seen Benefiting Card Networks”
• 9/9/2014, PaymentsSource, “Apple Makes Its Move in Mobile Payments”
• 9/9/2014, PaymentsSource Email Bulletin, “Apple Makes Its Move in Mobile Payments”
• 9/4/2014, FOX News, “Smart technology tracks hospital patients”

August 2014

• 8/17/2014, Tulsa World, “Bits and Bytes: Now your credit cards have microchips in them”
• 8/15/2014, The Plain Dealer, “South Euclid woman wraps credit cards in foil for protection: Money Matters”
• 8/14/2014, Paybefore, “Smart Card Alliance: HCE Unlocks NFC Potential, Poses Hacker Risks”
• 8/14/2014, Homeland Security Today, “Security Industry Veteran Joins the Smart Card Alliance as Director of Training Programs”
• 8/14/2014, Security Document World, “Lars Suneborn to head training at Smart Card Alliance”
• 8/13/2014, Secure ID News, “Smart Card Alliance taps Lars Suneborn for education, training role”
• 8/7/2014, Mobile Commerce Insider, “Smart Card Alliance Latin America and FSU- Panama Partner to Educate Consumers”
• 8/7/2014, Secure ID News, “Smart Card Alliance Latin America, FSU – Panama partner”
• 8/6/2014, Mena Report, “United States : SCLA cooperates with FSU-Panama” (subscription required)
• 8/6/2014, Credit Card Guide, “A chip in your credit card? Here’s what to expect”
• 8/5/2014, Timetric Card News, “SCALA, FSU sign deal for smart card technology training program” (subscription required)
• 8/5/2014, Security Development World, “SCLA partners with FSU-Panama”
• 8/4/2014, Defense Now, “Getting on a U.S. Military Base Will Now Include an FBI Background Check”

July 2014

• 7/28/2014, MarketWire, “More Secure Shopping Ahead”
• 7/10/2014, Credit Union Times, “Mobile Payments About to Take Off: Mobility Matters”
• 7/10/2014, CreditCards.com, “8 FAQs about the new EMV credit cards”
• 7/10/2014, Paybefore, “Viewpoint: Is BLE the Next Important Innovation in Mobile Technology?”
• 7/9/2014, PaymentsSource, “The Use Cases for Bluetooth Low Energy and NFC”
• 7/8/2014, PaymentsSource, “Public Still Hasn’t Embraced Mobile Payments”
• 7/7/2014, PaymentsSource, “Issuers, Merchants on Collision Course for Tokenization Standard”
• 7/1/2014, Digital Transactions, “I Want You for EMV”

June 2014

• 6/30/2014, The Register-Guard, “A chip on the old card: Americans will soon see a new patch of technology on their familiar charge cards”
• 6/18/2014, CNBC, ”Mobile payments tech starts to go mainstream”
• 6/13/2014, Secure ID News, ”HSPD-12 hits decade mark”
• 6/13/2014, PYMNTS.com, ”EMV In The U.S.: It Will Be A Long Ride”
• 6/12/2014, Digital Transactions, ”Estimates Vary, But There’s No Doubt: EMV Cards Soon Will Be in Millions More Wallets”
• 6/12/2014, Mobile Payments Today, “EMV, HCE, BLE will drive adoption of NFC in the USA”
• 6/11/2014, Fierce Retail IT, ”Will PF Chang’s data breach speed EMV?”
• 6/11/2014, Bloomberg, “Credit Card Security”
• 6/10/2014, SecureIDNews, “NFC is more than just payments”
• 6/10/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “Why EMV in US Is Still Lagging”
• 6/5/2014, SecureIDNews, “A Bluetooth low energy primer”
• 6/4/2014, Investopedia, “What You Need To Know About EMV Credit Cards”
• 6/3/2014, SecureIDNews, “Smart Card Alliance offers government physical access control training”
• 6/3/2014, CSO, “The use of mobile credentials is on the rise, but can they be secured?”
• 6/3/2014, MIS Asia, “The use of mobile credentials is on the rise, but can they be secured?”

May 2014

• 5/24/2014, AP, “Visa, MasterCard renew push for chip cards”
• 5/7/2014, Bloomberg, “Target Breach Puts Gemalto CEO in High Demand in U.S.“
• 5/6/2014, Javelin Strategy & Research, “EMV IN USA: Assessment of Merchant and Card Issuer Readiness“
• 5/1/2014, Consumers Digest, “Better security for credit cards“

April 2014

• 4/29/2014, PaymentsSource, “The Tide is Turning for U.S. Chip Migration“
• 4/28/2014, Secure ID News, “HSPD-12 celebrating 10 years“
• 4/23/2014, Parking Matters, “Can EMV Protect us from Cybercriminals?“
• 4/10/2014, Bloomberg, “Target Breach Spurs Retail Rush to Accept Tougher Credit Cards“
• 4/10/2014, QSR, “Mobile Goes Mainstream“
• 4/4/2014, Cards Tech Security, “EMV Migration Forum issues revised Standardization of Terminology“
• 4/4/2014, U-T San Diego, “CUBIC’S NEXT STEP IN TRANSIT“
• 4/2/2014, STORES, “Looking North“
• 4/1/2014, NY Times Dealbook, “The Credit Card of Tomorrow: Software, Not Plastic“

March 2014

• 3/17/2014, ATM Marketplace, “EMV has a long way to go“
• 3/16/2014, TH Online, “A ‘Smarter’ choice for shoppers“
• 3/13/2014, SC Magazine, “MasterCard, Visa to push EMV; NFR calls for use of PINs“
• 3/12/2014, Roll Call, “Data Breach Response May Be Limited to Notification“
• 3/10/2014, CIO Journal, “Retail Group Punts on MasterCard, Visa Smart Chip Security Plan“
• 3/7/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “Target Hearings: EMV Not Enough“
• 3/6/2014, eWeek, “U.S. House Subcommittee Studies Ways to Boost Personal Data Security“
• 3/1/2014, Risk Management, “Hacking Away at the Bottom Line“

February 2014

• 2/27/2014, Bank News, “Smart Cards, Security and Banks“
• 2/27/2014, ISO & Agent, “The Brighter Side Of Breaches?“
• 2/26/2014, The Ledger, “Securing Card Info: Solicore Technology Renders Hacked Account Data Useless“
• 2/24/2014, KTRH-AM, “Changes Coming to US Credit Cards Soon“
• 2/24/2014, Payments News, “Dispatch from the Smart Card Alliance Payments Conference)”
• 2/21/2014, Pittsburgh Business Times, “New calls for smart cards after Target, local contractor ensnared in breach“
• 2/20/2014, Payments Views, “Dispatch from the Smart Card Alliance Payments Conference“
• 2/19/2014, CSO, “Who should be responsible for financial fraud?“
• 2/19/2014, Mother Jones, “Follow-up: Why Are We Adopting the Stupidest Possible Payment System in the US?“
• 2/18/2014, Fox Business, “Are We Finally Ready for EMV Cards?“
• 2/17/2014, Business Solutions, “Restaurant And Hospitality IT News For VARs: Switch To EMV Includes Both Chip And PIN, NFC“
• 2/17/2014, Omaha, “Omaha front and center in high-tech fight to safeguard credit info“
• 2/13/2014, CNN, “The risky game of credit card technology” Broadcast
• 2/13/2014, CNBC, “Smart cards are coming to America“
• 2/12/2014, ISO & Agent, “EMV: Mature But Still Relevant“
• 2/12/2014, Minnesota Daily, “Time to get smart about smartcards“
• 2/12/2014, Credit Union Times, “FBI Report Uncovers Roots of Cyber-Attacks“
• 2/12/2014, Fierce RetailIT, “Spotlight On…EMV cards urged at Smart Card Alliance meeting“
• 2/11/2014, Paybefore, “U.S. EMV Preparation Plans Intensify as Clock Ticks on Fraud-Liability Shift“
• 2/11/2014, ABA Banking Journal, “Tokenization standard in the works“
• 2/10/2014, Lowcards.com, “Why the United States Hasn’t Changed Its Credit Card System“
• 2/10/2014, Hospitality Technology, “U.S. Payments Industry Voices Commitment to EMV Chip, Debates Implementation“
• 2/10/2014, Mass Transit Magazine, “TX: Speaker and Topic Proposals Now Being Accepted: March 10 Deadline“
• 2/7/2014, creditcards.com, “Data breaches turn spotlight on EMV cards“
• 2/6/2014, Dayton Daily News, “Plastic in U.S. more prone to fraud“
• 2/5/2014, BankInfoSecurity, “Chip and PIN Not a Cure-All“
• 2/5/2014, Medill Reports Chicago, “Call for quicker reporting of data breaches, more secure technology“
• 2/5/2014, CRN, “Target CFO To Congress: We Will Roll Out Smart Cards By 2015“
• 2/5/2014, eWeek, “Implementing EMV Chip and PIN Cards Can Be Costly, but Not Difficult“
• 2/5/2014, Dayton Daily News, “U.S. credit, debit cards more prone to fraud“
• 2/5/2014, Finextra, “Smart Card Alliance issues paper on card-not-present threat in EMV“
• 2/5/2014, **NBC NY, Broadcast
• 2/4/2014, eWeek, “Target Tells Senate It’s Speeding Up Plans to Accept EMV Credit Cards“
• 2/4/2014, Credit Unions Online, “Credit Unions Tighten Credit Card Security With Chip Technology“
• 2/3/2014, USA Today (Newspaper), “Data breaches heighten talk of chip-pin cards ; Implementation costs worry some banks, retailers”
• 2/2/2014, UPI, “Call for chip-and-PIN technology grows louder“

January 2014

• 1/30/2014, Money News, “US Pays Dearly to Keep an Antiquated Credit Card System“
• 1/30/2014, USA Today, “Chip card fight could lead to new security measures“
• 1/29/2014, Credit Union Times, “Liability Shift Driving EMV“
• 1/29/2014, Daily Finance, “Retailers Fear More Target-Like Customer Data Breaches“
• 1/29/2014, examiner.com, “The need for stronger ID verification in retail“
• 1/28/2014, Forbes, “American Credit Cards Improving Security With EMV, At Last“
• 1/28//2014, The Motley Fool, “Retailers Fear More Target-Like Customer Data Breaches“
• 1/27/2014, Payments Source, “Uncertainty Could Delay EMV“
• 1/27/2014, The Guardian, “Why is the US a decade behind Europe on ‘chip and pin’ cards?“
• 1/26/2014, Crain’s Cleveland Business, “Firefighters Community Credit Union puts chips on fraud protection“
• 1/23/2014, Carroll News, “Smart cards that have curbed fraud in Europe to be used more by U.S. retailers“
• 1/23/2014, Cleveland.com, “Cleveland banks moving toward safer debit and credit cards after Target breach“
• 1/20/2014, WSJ, “Target Tried Antitheft Cards“
• 1/16/2014, Bank News, page 25
• 1/15/2014, WCPO, “Target security breach could impact several Cincinnati companies“
• 1/14/2014, Digital Transactions, “Experts Differ on Whether EMV Chip Cards Provide Data-Breach Immunity“
• 1/13/2014, North Jersey Record, “Target breach could speed introduction of ‘smart’ credit and debit cards in U.S.“
• 1/13/2014, SC Magazine, “Target CEO confirms malware on POS machines, talks chip cards“
• 1/13/2014, WSJ CIO Journal, “Retailers Covet Pin, Chip Tech to Boost Security, Says Carter’s CIO“
• 1/14/2014, Metro, “MTA envisions MetroCard-free future“
• 1/13/2014, CNBC, “The Dysfunctional State of American Credit Cards“
• 1/13/2014, MasterCard, “U.S. Banks and Merchants: Now Is the Time for EMV-Chip Card Migration“
• 1/13/2014, CNBC, “Broadcast Interview with Pete Pachal, Technology Editor at Mashable“
• 1/13/2014, Mashable, “Target CEO: There Was Malware in Our Point-of-Sale Registers“
• 1/11/2014, WBAL-AM, Broadcast
• 1/10/2014, USA Today, “Target breach ‘watershed event’ for security“
• 1/8/2014, News Tribune, “Credit card security switch coming to store near you“
• 1/7/2014, The Abington Journal, “OTHER OPINION: TARGET’S DATA BREACH ‘Smart cards’ can deter credit fraud“
• 1/6/2014, Payments Source, “Merchants Face Same EMV Timeline, Despite Target Breach, Fed Concerns“
• 1/2/2014, San Jose Mercury, “Mercury News editorial: Target breach may have been preventable“

December 2013

• 12/28/2013, Baltimore Sun, “Target breach exposes lackluster credit card security“
• 12/27/2013, NPR, “Consumers May Start Seeing More-Secure ‘Chip’ Credit Cards In 2014“
• 12/27/2013, CBS News, ““Smart card” technology could protect shoppers from hackers“
• 12/27/2013, WIOD, Radio Interview
• 12/27/2013, Star Tribune, “Anger builds over credit card data breach at Target“
• 12/26/2013, Bankrate, “Target breach: A case for EMV“
• 12/26/2013, The Press Democrat, “PD Editorial: U.S. needs to catch up on card security“
• 12/26/2013, Press-Telegram, “Editorial; Smart cards could help reduce fraud“
• 12/24/2013, Retail Touchpoints, “UPDATE: Target Focuses On Building Customer Trust Following Data Breach“
• 12/23/2013, Payments Source, “EMV Migration Forum Reports Progress in U.S.“
• 12/23/2013, Eurasia Review, “Magnetic Swipe: Obsolete Credit Card Tech Makes US Prime Target For Fraudsters“
• 12/23/2013, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, “Could a credit-card chip be the secret to security?“
• 12/22/2013, RT, “Magnetic swipe: Obsolete credit card tech makes US prime Target for fraudsters“
• 12/21/2013, LA Times, “U.S. a laggard in adopting more secure credit cards“
• 12/21/2013, UPI, Staff, “Expert: U.S. slow to adopt more secure credit cards“
• 12/20/2013, Bank Info Security, “Target Breach: What happened?“
• 12/20/2013, Paybefore, “Target Data Breach Latest Sign It’s High Time for EMV“
• 12/20/2013, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “CONSUMER SAFETY: Target breach exposes holes: Credit, debit system’s vulnerability put 40M shoppers’ data at risk“
• 12/19/2013, Payments Source, “Target Breach Sends Chills: Is Any Merchant Safe, Even With EMV?“
• 12/18/2013, Bank Info Security Newsletter, “EMV: The Outlook for 2014″
• 12/18/2013, Bank Info Security, “EMV: The Outlook for 2014“
• 12/10/2013, Digital Transactions, “Report: Mobile’s Lightning Pace Reshapes Payments, Redefines Card-Present Transactions“
• 12/2/2013, Chicago Tribune, “What’s the risk of Ventra data being swiped? Thieves can stand nearby and scan information from cards, but some say issue is overblown”

November 2013

• 11/18/13, Credit Union Times, “Mobility Matters: Mobile Wallet Isis Goes National“
• 11/15/13, Mobile Marketer, “McDonald’s mobile payments ambitions grow internationally“
• 11/14/13, Bankrate, “Isis mobile wallet goes national“
• 11/14/13, Payment Source, “Isis Details Its Post-Launch Plan“
• 11/14/2013, Bankrate, “The safest kind of credit card for making payments“

October 2013

• 10/23/2013, SecureIDNews, “User Centric ID Live, Smart Cards in Government conference wrap-ups“
• 10/22/2013, Yahoo Finance, “Do Chip-and-PIN cards work in the US?“
• 10/22/2013, CreditCards.com, “Do chip-and-PIN cards work in the US?“
• 10/20/2013, The Star Ledger, “Chip cards, popular elsewhere, slowly coming to the U.S.”
• 10/18/2013, The Fiscal Times, “Your Credit Card is Getting a High-Tech Makeover“
• 10/18/2013, Bankrate, “Retailers slowly moving away from mag-stripe cards“
• 10/02/2013, TM&E, “Pay as you like it”
• 10/01/2013, PayBefore, “Blog: The Case for Staying Confident about NFC“
• 10/01/2013, PayBefore, “Google Wallet Revamps App, Welcoming iPhone; While NFC’s Momentum Sputters”

September 2013

• 09/25/2013, The Green Sheet, “Speak at the SCA’s 2014 Payment Summit“
• 09/23/2013, BankInfoSecurity, “Latest PIV Standards Integrate Mobility“
• 09/20/2013, The Green Sheet, “Can NFC survive without Apple?”
• 09/13/2013, Secure ID News, “Lumidigm inks ATM deal, Gemalto goes to the cloud“
• 09/19/2013, MedCity News, “Can smart cards, biometric scans and the cloud keep dirty data out of health IT systems?“
• 09/10/2013, HealthLeaders Media, “Medicare Fraud is Ripe for a Tech Solution, But It’s Complicated“
• 09/06/2013, ATM Marketplace, “Smart Card Alliance welcomes Primax“
• 09/04/2013, San Antonio-Express News, “Microprocessor chips coming for U.S. credit, debit cards“

August 2013

• 08/28/2013, BankRate, “Chip-and-PIN vs. ‘chip-and-sig’“
• 08/22/2013, PaymentsSource, “Debit-Fee Uncertainty Comes at a Bad Time
• 08/14/2013, Wireless Business and Technology, “Smart Card Alliance Government Conference“
• 08/01/2013, ABA Banking Journal, “Still Crazy After All These Years“
• 08/01/2013, Seattle Transit Blog, “Metro’s Cashless Plan“

July 2013

• 07/29/2013, Telecompaper, “SIMalliance releases NFC Secure Element Stepping Stones“
• 07/25/2013, Payments Source, “U.S. Should Heed EMV Lessons from U.K.: Report“
• 07/18/2013, Biometric Update, “Smart Card Alliance publishes white paper on smart cards and NSTIC“
• 07/18/2013, Dark Reading, “Smart Card Alliance Identity Council Urges Use Of Smart Cards For Security, Privacy In NSTIC Identity Ecosystem“
• 07/18/2013, Security Document World, “Smart card credentials are ‘best choice’“
• 07/18/2013, Banking Technology, “Making contact … eventually“
• 07/17/2013, The Paypers, “Smart Card Alliance Identity Council urges use of smart cards for security in NSTIC identity ecosystem“
• 07/16/2013, Security Sales and Integration, “Whitepaper: Smart Cards Offer Better Security for Online Transactions“

June 2013

• 06/28/2013, Marine Link, “Smart Card Alliance Conveys TWIC Suggestions to USCG“
• 06/26/2013, Payments Source, “Merchants Decry the Switch to EMV-Chip Cards” (subscription required)
• 06/27/2013, SecureID News, “Alliance: TWIC proposal increases risk“
• 06/24/2013, Javelin Strategy and Research Blog, “The Durbin Debit Dilemma with EMV“
• 06/13/2013, Payments Source, “ATMIA Seeking Donations To ‘Defense Fund’“
• 06/11/2013, CreditCards.com, “U.S. rolling out chip card technology, ever so slowly“
• 06/04/2013, – Payments Source, “As EMV-Chip Cards Circulate, Consumers Still Need Convincing” (subscription required)

May 2013

• 5/31/13, Cards & Payments, “Mphasis Tackles Compliance Confusion with Mobile Wallets“
• 5/29/13, Cards & Payments, “There Are 3.5 Million EMV-Chip Visa Cards in the U.S. Today” (subscription required)
• 5/29/13, CreditRatings.com, “Cross-industry committee to help American businesses adopt EMV credit cards“
• 5/28/13, ATM Marketplace, “Do contactless payments scare your customers?“
• 5/20/13, InfoSecurity Magazine, “UK customers charged twice with contactless payment cards“
• 5/16/13, Transportation Nation, “DC Metro Wants Smarter Fare Card, Including FarePhones“
• 5/14/13, Vending MarketWatch, Apriva’s Bill Ramsey To Speak At NFC Solutions Summit
• 5/13/13, RFID World, New Mentor-Driven, Mentor-Funded Tech Incubator Program Focused on NFC Startups

April 2013

• 4/30/2013, Fierce Mobile Content, Isis, USA Technologies team for mobile wallet loyalty program
• 4/26/2013, Cards & Payments, VeriFone Takes Many Paths in the U.S. EMV-Card Migration
• 4/10/2013, SecureID News, Smart Card Alliance Access Control Council plans for 2013
• 4/1/2013, CRM Magazine, Adoption Problems Plague Digital Wallets
• 4/1/2013, ABA Banking Journal, Why U.S. Bank moved early on EMV: fraud and customer service were two factors. Is it time to follow suit?

March 2013

• 3/30/2013, Palm Beach Post, Keep an eye on your bank account because your bank might not
• 3/28/2013, Payments Source, Big Debit Networks Favor Discover’s Code
• 3/28/2013, SecureID News, Smart Card Alliance holding mobile identity and access control workshop at ISC West
• 3/26/2013, Payments Source, More Debit Networks Agree on EMV Routing, but Await Brands’ Say
• 3/21/2013, SourceSecurity, SIA’s New Product Showcase To Highlight Innovation At ISC West 2013
• 3/20/2013, Finextra, US debit networks back Discover application for common chip spec
• 3/19/2013, Business Solutions Magazine, How VARs Can Benefit From EMV Adoption
• 3/19/2013, NFC News, Metro looks into open payment system to replace SmarTrip
• 3/19/2013, Credit Union Journal, Debit Networks Eye Common Platform
• 3/18/2013, EDN Network, Another radio, another set of apps
• 3/16/2013, Transportation Nation, DC Metro Wants Smarter Fare Card, Including FarePhones
• 3/15/2013, Credit Union Magazine, EMV Conversion Planning: 12 Tips
• 3/15/2013, SecurityInfoWatch, More than 150 new companies to make debut at ISC West 2013
• 3/15/2013, WAMU, Metro Looks To Replace SmarTrip With Credit Card Payments
• 3/8/2013, CSO, Electronic pickpockets: fact or fantasy?
• 3/5/2013, ISO & Agent, Acquirers Should Teach Legislators About Payments, Speakers Say
• 3/1/2013, Payments Source, Regional Networks Not Likely to Accept Brands’ Common Debit Code(subscription required)

February 2013

• 2/28/2013, LowCards.com, The Movement Toward Chip-Based Credit Cards
• 2/22/2013, NFC News, Smart Card Alliance to host mobile and NFC security webinars
• 2/21/2013, FierceMobileContent, Report: Isis redesigning mobile wallet for expansion to Apple’s iOS
• 2/18/2013, SecureID News, Thursby Software, Silanis, Juniper Networks use smart cards on iOS devices
• 2/13/2013, NFC World, Isis releases Utah mobile payments usage stats
• 2/12/2013, Payments Source, Isis Claims To Fare Well In Early Wallet Tests
• 2/12/2013, ISO & Agent, Isis Claims To Fare Well In Early Wallet Tests
• 2/9/2013, Mobile Commerce Daily, Isis drives repeat visits, purchases in first 90 days of pilot
• 2/8/2013, Contactless News, EMV, mobile payment news from the 2013 Smart Card Alliance Payments Summit
• 2/8/2013, NFCNews, EMV, mobile payment news from the 2013 Smart Card Alliance Payments Summit
• 2/7/2013, CS News, Some Isis Early Adopters Using It Five Times a Week
• 2/7/2013, CS News, Confusion Surrounding EMV Begins to Dissipate
• 2/7/2013, Internet Retailer, Consumers welcome offers from merchants in a mobile wallet test
• 2/6/2013, FierceMobileContent, Isis: Average user makes 5 transactions per week
• 2/1/2013, Convenience Store News, What C-store Retailers Need to Know About EMV

January 2013

• 1/22/2013, Security Document World, Identity Council sets plans for 2013
• 1/19/2013, SecureID News, Smart Card Alliance Identity Council focuses on mobile, NSTIC