Magnetic stripe cards are usually made of plastic or durable paper and about 2 inches by 3 inches in size. A stripe on the back, made of iron particles in plastic film, ...

A Ohio man pled guilty on June 30 to illegally possessing magnetic stripe credit card encoding devices. According to court ...

Smart Cards have emerged as a revolutionary advancement in the realm of payment solutions, offering a significant upgrade over traditional magnetic stripe cards. These cards are embedded with a ...

Chip cards are less vulnerable to skimming than magnetic stripe cards, but they aren’t completely safe. Crooks can still capture your card information from a chip card using a technique called ...

Do magnets damage your credit cards, potentially causing payment issues? Here's what to know about about magnetic risks and how new EMV chip technology protects against demagnetization.

Chip cards are less vulnerable to skimming than magnetic stripe cards, but they aren’t completely safe. Crooks can still capture your card information from a chip card using a technique called ...

Although chip-and-PIN cards are an improvement to magnetic strip cards when it comes to exposure to fraud, your information isn’t 100 percent secure. Chip cards can still be skimmed — or ...