TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Entering the biggest shopping time of the year, businesses nationwide are installing chip-card readers as another form of insurance for consumers and businesses worried about ...

A new problem has faced grocery shoppers recently at the checkout: should they swipe or insert their credit card? The fingernail-sized chips on credit cards require users to insert their cards instead ...

If you've experienced confusion in the check-out line, you're not alone. As more and more businesses move to credit card chip readers, some consumers are fed up with the inconsistencies. Dip the chip ...

Starting Oct. 1, a new standard in credit card technologies goes into effect. — -- Chip-enabled credit cards will now become the standard for consumers and business owners. Banks and credit ...

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Many stores in the area have the chip card readers installed, but due to slow software updates, they’re not running. That’s a big problem for stores but not for shoppers. Banks are providing consumers ...

Signatures traditionally served as a security measure on credit card transactions, verifying ownership by matching signatures at the point of sale. With the introduction of chip-and-PIN technology, ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- New credit and debit card chip technology offers an added layer of security for consumers. But criminals have been working new angles off consumer confusion to try to break through ...

Robert Pilk of Mountain Empire Comics in Bristol knows technology is always changing. "It gets easier and easier to work these credit cards," Pilk said. "We used to have the old swipe machine, so this ...

Amy Nichol Smith is a former Product Review Editor at Forbes Advisor. She has more than 20 years experience as a journalist and editor, writing on a range of topics, including tech products and ...