{"id":318,"date":"2016-10-19T03:08:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T08:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beaglehardware.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2016-10-19T03:08:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T08:08:29","slug":"emv-is-turning-one-but-what-do-people-really-think-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.beaglehardware.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/19\/emv-is-turning-one-but-what-do-people-really-think-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"EMV is Turning One…But What Do People Really Think of It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a decade ago, EMV chip cards made their way onto the payment circuit. Despite their promises of enhanced security and protection, however, they didn\u2019t garner much attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Until 2013, that is.<\/span><\/p>\n

2013 was a year that saw a rash of security breaches amidst high-profile stores, such as Target. With consumers facing greater technological risks than ever before, the retail market and payment networks began to reevaluate the benefits of chip card acceptance.<\/span><\/p>\n

As of October 1, 2015, a new law mandated that all retailers accept chip cards, or else face potential liability for fraud. <\/span><\/p>\n

Rather quickly, we saw banks reissuing new chip cards to customers, and stores and restaurants across the United States installing vamped up POS systems that are capable of accepting the EMV cards.<\/span><\/p>\n

So now that we\u2019ve hit the one year anniversary…what do people really think?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Difference a Year Can Make<\/b><\/h2>\n

In a recent report, prepared by Visa, we received some pretty incredible information. Here\u2019s just a few of the <\/span>present day statistics concerning chip card usage<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n