NEW YORK (AP) — Sam’s Club on Wednesday said it will become the first mass retailer in the U.S. to offer a credit card using a fraud-deterring microchip. Berkshire Hathaway writes down Kraft Heinz ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- When credit card chip encryption was implemented here in the U.S., its goal was to ultimately crack down on fraudulent charges. While that EMV chip technology is more secure, ...

Just three days after the deadline for businesses to install new smart chip credit card readers, scammers have already found a new way to target you and your money. The scammers are trying to ...

As banks send out new microchip cards, scammers are taking advantage of consumers. According to the Federal Trade Commission, fraudsters are sending out fake emails pretending to be credit card ...

The added security of a credit card with a microchip is nice, but customers say the feature makes them spend too much time in the checkout line. Now companies are making changes to shorten transaction ...

A chip and PIN card is a credit card that includes microchip technology and a personal identification number (PIN) to securely verify a cardholder during a transaction. The embedded microchip is ...

Chip cards are less vulnerable to skimming than magnetic stripe cards, but they aren’t completely safe. Crooks can still capture your card information from a chip card using a technique called ...

NEW YORK (WLS) -- Sam's Club, the warehouse club owned by Wal-Mart, will begin offering a credit card with a security chip embedded in it beginning this month. Microchip technology is designed to make ...

Just three days after the deadline for businesses to install new smart chip credit card readers, scammers have already found a new way to target you and your money. According to 2 Works for You sister ...