🛡️ EMV Smart Cards: The Global Standard for Secure Payments
EMV (which stands for Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) is a technical standard for smart payment cards and the terminals that accept them. Unlike old-fashioned magnetic stripe cards, EMV cards contain an embedded integrated circuit (IC) chip—essentially a tiny computer—that provides advanced security and encryption for every transaction.
As of 2025, EMV technology has reached nearly universal adoption, accounting for over 99% of card-present transactions globally.
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