US gets chance to catch up on credit card security
The next time you swipe your credit card at check-out, consider this: It's a ritual the rest of the world deems outdated and unsafe.
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Sep 9, 2011
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Swipe Your Credit Card on a Cell Phone
(PhysOrg.com) -- With a small card reader that attaches to a cell phone, a new company is making it easier for small businesses and even individuals to accept credit card payments. The San Francisco start-up, called Square, ...
Review: Android Pay works well, when you can use it
When it comes to using a smartphone to make purchases in retail stores, Apple Pay has been getting most of the attention.
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Oct 8, 2015
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Gadget Watch: HP Envy 14 PC has smart-tag sensor
(AP) -- Thin, light laptops -known as "ultrabooks"- are a much-hyped category at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, an annual showcase for the latest smartphones, tablet computers and other consumer-electronic ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 11, 2012
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Visa, MasterCard scramble after massive data breach
Credit card giants Visa and MasterCard were scrambling on Friday to thwart cyber crooks who looted a massive trove of precious account data, evidently from a payment processor in New York.
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Mar 30, 2012
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4 personal finance technology trends for 2012
(AP) -- If you're one of the holdouts still paying bills with checks, tracking your accounts with pen and paper or clipping coupons from the newspaper, 2012 could be the year you take the digital plunge.
Internet
Dec 23, 2011
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PayPal folds startup into its smartphone wallet
Online financial transactions titan PayPal announced that it has bought a San Francisco startup focused on using smartphone cameras to take credit card payments.
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Jul 18, 2012
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Cambridge team exposes EMV card vulnerabilities
(Phys.org)—At a cryptography gathering in Leuven, Belgium, on Tuesday, Cambridge University researchers made it known that they do not like what they see in chip and pin systems. Banks rely on customer confidence in their ...
Hackers turn Square readers into crime tools
Hackers on Thursday showed how to turn the latest model Square mobile payments readers into crime tools.
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Aug 6, 2015
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The wallet as you know it may be dying
You grab your keys, smartphone and wallet when you leave the house. Would it be such a disaster if you left that last one behind?
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 7, 2019
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