Understanding the risks of chip and PIN credit card verification

• February 7th, 2011
• Posted in Breach Prevention . Identity Theft

The point of sale chip and PIN payment technology is believed to be a safer form of payment than the common magnetic striped credit card. The new technology uses a card with an embedded microchip that requires the consumer to enter a unique PIN through a reader to make payment. So why aren’t more businesses adopting this technology? [ READ MORE ]