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 ...

Starting Oct. 1, a new standard in credit card technologies goes into effect. — -- Chip-enabled credit cards will now become the standard for consumers and business owners. Banks and credit ...

Chip-based credit and debit cards are designed to make it infeasible for skimming devices or malware to clone your card when you pay for something by dipping the chip instead of swiping the stripe.

Card present (CP) fraud happens even with chip-enabled credit cards. Skimming and shimming are ways thieves steal personal information. File a complaint with your card issuer or agencies like the CFPB ...

Some card details on this page may be out of date. You may have noticed that most card readers at your local grocery or retail store ask you to insert -- instead of swipe -- a credit card now. Many ...

A major deadline is approaching for all gas stations across the country.By Oct. 1, all stations must accept more secure chip cards for transactions at the pump instead of magnetic stripe cards that ...