Princeton Junction, N.J., July 14, 2015 – As the U.S. payments infrastructure migrates to EMV chip technology, regulations require that merchants be provided a choice between at least two unaffiliated networks for purchases made using a debit card. To explain the unique U.S. implementation of EMV debit, the U.S. Common Debit AID, the EMV Migration Forum released today a new video discussion, “Implementing EMV in the U.S.: How the U.S. Common Debit AIDs Facilitate Debit Transaction Routing and Ensure Durbin Compliance.”

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Princeton Junction, N.J., June 16, 2015 – In order to help ensure that an ATM can process transactions using U.S. Common Debit AIDs, the EMV Migration Forum today announced an update to the white paper, “Implementing EMV at the ATM: Requirements and Recommendations for the U.S. ATM Community,” that adds guidance on the use of the U.S. Common Debit AID in various ATM transaction scenarios.

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Princeton Junction, N.J., June 9, 2015 – Just as the rest of the payments industry, the ATM community is migrating to EMV chip technology to secure transactions in the U.S. and to protect themselves from potential fraud losses. The EMV Migration Forum will host a webinar next month to provide a non-technical review of the critical components of the implementation process based on the white paper, “Implementing EMV at the ATM: Requirements and Recommendations for the U.S. ATM Community.”

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Princeton Junction, N.J., June 2, 2015 – The EMV Migration Forum today released a new document, “Understanding the 2015 U.S. Fraud Liability Shifts,” to provide information to assist merchants, acquirers, processors and others implementing EMV chip technology in the U.S. to better understand liability shifts. View the document at http://www.emv-connection.com/understanding-the-2015-u-s-fraud-liability-shifts/.

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Princeton Junction, N.J., May 6, 2015 – The EMV Migration Forum is providing new guidance to the U.S. debit payments industry by releasing today a document to enhance their technical EMV debit framework. The addendum to the industry-supported framework addresses contactless transactions for EMV debit transactions, “Addendum I – U.S. Common Debit Contactless Acceptance,” can be downloaded at http://www.emv-connection.com/u-s-debit-emv-technical-proposal/.

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Payments Security Task Force, PCI Security Standards Council and the EMV Migration Forum Launch Educational and Pre-Qualification Process for Resellers and Software Vendors

New York – April 30, 2015 – The Payments Security Task Force today joined with the PCI Security Standards Council and the EMV Migration Forum to launch a chip education curriculum and “pre-qualification” program to help streamline and simplify the EMV testing and certification process for Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).

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New website educates consumers, merchants and issuers

Princeton Junction, N.J., April 28, 2015 – If you’re wondering what that new chip is on your credit or debit card, you are not alone. Curious about why you are getting chip cards and how to use them? A new educational website launched today, GoChipCard.com, provides consumers with the answers to these questions and more.

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Princeton Junction, N.J., April 15, 2015 – The ongoing U.S. migration to EMV chip payments is a move that will benefit the entire payments ecosystem by preventing in-person counterfeit card fraud and securing the card-present payment channel. At the same time, securing the card-not-present (CNP) channel is critical. The EMV Migration Forum today released a white paper to provide an educational resource on the best practices for authentication methods and fraud tools to secure the CNP channel as the U.S. migrates to chip technology.

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Princeton Junction, N.J., April 1, 2015 – Many U.S. issuers and acquirers currently do not offer PIN change at the ATM, and industry stakeholders often ask if an EMV migration project is a good time to implement this service to offer added convenience to cardholders. The EMV Migration Forum released today a white paper to provide guidance for ATM owners and issuers who are contemplating implementing PIN change at the ATM as part of, or subsequent to, their U.S. EMV migration.

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Princeton Junction, N.J., March 30, 2015 – As U.S. issuers, merchants, acquirers and processors continue planning for the approaching October 2015 EMV chip fraud liability shifts, many stakeholders may ask: “What is the least complex way to deploy chip for my organization?”To help merchants and acquirers develop their strategies for implementation, payment network members of the EMV Migration Forum have come together to produce a document outlining minimum requirements for chip deployment.

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