Magnetic stripe credit and debit cards could be around for the rest of this decade, although their days are clearly numbered. Mastercard, for example, says that, "by 2029, ...

A declined debit card can be frustrating, especially when funds are available. Common causes include pending transactions, ...

The bad guys stole debit card information online, and then pasted that info onto magnetic stripe debit cards. The kind you and I use. Easy peasy, says fraud analyst Julie Conroy at the Aite Group.

Mastercard is phasing out magnetic strips on credit and debit cards and replacing them with chip-and-pin and biometrics. The strips will be completely gone by 2033, but strip-less cards will be ...

Camden Police are urging shoppers to check their accounts after a credit card skimming device was discovered at a Piggly ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartMetric, Inc. (OTCQB: SMME): Mastercard has announced that by 2024 card issuers will no longer be required to use magnetic stripes on their credit and debit cards ...

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson shows you everything you need to know about credit card and debit card skimmers and shimmers — and how to keep yourself safe.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — This issue with skimmers isn't new and it isn't going away. As long as there are card swipes of any kind, there will be skimmers. Here's why, skimmers read a card's magnetic ...

Both are 3.375 inches wide by 2.125 inches high, typically have 16-digit card numbers and an expiration date, magnetic strip and an EMV chip, but credit cards allow you to borrow funds and debit ...

But those cards also come with magnetic strips because some businesses — for example, gas stations with older pumps that have built-in card readers — still rely on the strips to complete ...

With that said, credit and debit cards with magnetic strips are quickly becoming obsolete. You can avoid problems with your magnetic strip by switching to a more modern card with an EMV chip.

Storing customer credit card information on a magnetic stripe creates another insecure touch point in the credit and debit card transaction data flow ecosystem when using a card to make a payment. Now ...