The EMV Chip Card Transition : Background, Status, and Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking.

Consumer protection.

Electronic commerce.

Savings accounts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (21 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

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Summary:

Describes financial harm caused by credit card fraud and other data breaches, and explains how those breaches are carried out. Examines EMV chip cards, named for the coalition of three companies, Europay, MasterCard, and Visa, that developed the specifications and global standard for this chip technology, which is embedded in financial payment cards. Discusses EMV adoption in selected countries and its impact on fraud, drivers and impediments to EMV adoption in the U.S., related legislative activity in the 113th Congress, and issues for consideration in the 114th Congress.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. EMV Chip Card Transition

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