Electronic Payments Coalition
October 21, 2020 No Comments
The Covid-19 pandemic has fast-tracked America’s dependence on technology, with more people digitally connected than ever before. As a result, reports of cyberattacks have skyrocketed in both frequency and scope.…
Electronic Payments Coalition
February 8, 2018 No Comments
Cash is no longer king in today’s commercial world. Credit and debit card payments have exploded in the last decade as the preferred method of payment for transactions worldwide. And…
Electronic Payments Coalition
November 15, 2017 No Comments
Today, the Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) released a report that found multiple dynamic fraud technologies are necessary to combat payment-card fraud. EPC analyzed information from 20 countries that have varying…
Electronic Payments Coalition
May 23, 2016 No Comments
The Durbin Amendment, a.k.a. “merchant markup,” allows big box retailers to pocket $8 billion dollars a year from customers’ purchases. That’s $32 billion since Congress passed this law and retail…
Electronic Payments Coalition
May 10, 2016 No Comments
On May 10, 2016, EPC sent a letter to House leadership explaining why H.R. 2205 is needed to better protect consumer information. This letter is a follow-up to an earlier…
Electronic Payments Coalition
April 27, 2016 No Comments
A statement from Molly Wilkinson, executive director of the Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) in support of the Data Security Act of 2015, H.R. 2205: Despite recent claims from representatives of…
Electronic Payments Coalition
March 2, 2016 No Comments
In his recent commentary, Lyle Beckwith continues to push the myopic perspective of PIN technology. Unfortunately, his singular focus on credit card security ignores the need to protect consumers’ retail…
Electronic Payments Coalition
February 17, 2016 No Comments
Four out of every five consumers (82%) want to choose what sort of payment technology they can use at the register, according to a new study by Morning Consult. The company surveyed 2,028 registered…
Electronic Payments Coalition
February 17, 2016 No Comments
Many banks are now issuing customers more secure chip-based credit cards, and most retailers now have card terminals in their checkout lanes that can handle the “dip” of chip-card transactions…
We are the credit unions, community banks, payment card networks, and institutions who support the backbone of our economic system: electronic payments.
