New York City’s MetroCard — the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip — is being replaced with OMNY, ...

In today’s age of reducing germs and speeding up transactions, many card issuers are turning to contactless credit cards. A contactless credit card doesn’t require the user to swipe or insert their ...

Ten years ago, the U.S. payment card market made its shift to EMV chip cards, and along with that the industry prepared for more contactless payments. That work by issuers and card brands appears to ...

Chatsworth, Calif.-based Secura Key announces an addition to its line of e*Tag contactless smart card readers. The ET4-AUS-D is a desktop reader/writer unit with a standard USB cable, which works with ...

Using a biometric scanner on your credit card makes your transactions more secure, but it might not solve any real issues. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a ...

The NFC Forum, a standards body for companies developing and using near-field communication contactless technology, on Thursday announced a so-called “device class” for wearable devices aimed at ...

As the story goes, Frank McNamara used the first "modern" credit card in 1950 after forgetting his wallet one too many times. Instead, he decided to pay for his meals with a small cardboard card -- ...

Learn about free and cheap iPhone credit card readers and explore technologies like tap to pay that enable you to accept payments without a card reader. In my evaluation, here are the best free and ...

Accepting credit cards with a mobile device can help you serve more customers and increase your revenue. You’ll need to find a great Android-compatible card reader if you’re using Android devices. To ...