Visa’s latest venture could prove just the catalyst to push U.S. businesses away from magnetic strip credit cards in favor of EMV “smart” card technology.
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Visa Announces Plan for Pushing Smart Credit Card Technology
September 21st, 2011 · 3 Comments · Credit Cards
Tags: banks·Canada·credit·Credit Cards·EMV·Europe·Japan·magnetic strip·magnetic strip credit cards·PIN number·smart credit cards·Visa
U.S. Inches Closer Toward EMV Swipeless Credit Card Technology
August 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Credit Cards
Canada, Europe and Japan evidently use chip-based EMV technology almost exclusively. Do you think the U.S. should do the same? Why or why not?
Tags: Canada·Chase·credit card fraud·Credit Cards·EMV·Europe·Japan·magnetic strip·skimming·U.S.·U.S. Bank·Visa·Wells Fargo
Opinion: Capitalism, Socialism, Communism and the Free Market
September 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Consumer Info
The health care debate, socialism, government take over of GM, regulation of Wall Street – say these words and very few people will resist giving a reaction: a roll of the eyes, a string of expletives or a thoughtful opinion. Capitalism Is the US really a capitalist economy? Wikipedia (sorry Encyclopedia Britannia, you’re SO over) [...]
Tags: big business·businesses·Canada·capitalism·China·communism·Fortune 500·free markets·regulation·socialism
Collection agency in Canada harrassing woman in the US
April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Collection Agencies, Credit Counselor Front Lines
Just received this email – any suggestions on what to do for this lady? I am being harassed by a judgment creditor from Canada all day and I am in the US . He will not send me anything by US mail to prove I woe him. He says he brought a default judgment in [...]
