What are you supposed to do when you pull out plastic to buy something at a store these days? You've probably noticed that plenty of stores have terminals that ...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will not support U.S. contactless payments anytime soon. The nation's largest retailer plans eventually to begin accepting EMV chip-and-PIN cards in the U.S., but supporting ...

EMV-chipped cards are more secure than magstripe cards, and businesses can limit liability by accepting them. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Katie Miller is a consumer financial services expert. She worked for almost two decades as ...