The United States is transitioning to full adoption of EMV chip-enabled cards to reduce credit card fraud by October 2015.  I received the following information from Intuit and wanted to share this for all libraries that accept credit cards. What is EMV? EMV is the global standard for smart card payments and acceptance devices, named after the developers: Europay, MasterCard, and Visa. EMV microchip-enabled cards provide stronger security and other capabilities not possible with traditional magnetic stripe cards. Credit card companies are already issuing EMV/chip cards. A special card reader is required to read these EMV chips, but you can still swipe the cards through the same magnetic stripe readers you’re using today. However, to encourage businesses to adopt the… Read More »Credit Cards are Changing!