Google Wallet will soon enable a more convenient, contactless method of adding credit and debit cards to the app.

Contactless EMV chip cards now account for 57% of card-based payments globally. By 2024, EMV technology is projected to ...

Contactless-equipped cards use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and near-field communication (NFC) to process transactions ... Magnetic strips and EMV chips can wear out from ...

Their ability to process payments through NFC (Near Field Communication ... the bank issues a Smart Card equipped with an EMV ...

If you have received a new credit card recently, it probably contains an EMV chip. You may not have noticed it because most US retailers still let you swipe to pay. But that will change soon.

Also called a "chip card," smart credit and debit cards adhere to the Europay, MasterCard, Visa standard (see EMV). Smart cards can also be programmed to self-destruct if the wrong password is ...