The US EMV adoption of chip cards, just six months after the latest milestone in the migration timeline is continuing to gather momentum.
While consumers increasingly dip their cards to pay in-store, progress has been made by both
Continued momentum in US EMV adoption
card issuers and merchants. MasterCard has provided an update on how its cardholders, partners and customers are adopting EMV chip technology:
- More than two-thirds – 67% – of US-issued MasterCard-branded consumer credit cards now feature chips.
- This represents a 51% increase in the number of consumer credit cards with chips in market since the October 1, 2015 liability shift.
- Consumers can use their chip cards in more places, as 1.2 million US merchant locations – an increase of 121% – have turned on their terminals and are accepting chip card payments.
- In addition to national retail chains, approximately 1 million local and regional merchant locations are accepting chip cards.
“Chip technology is an essential upgrade to better protect consumers and businesses,” comments Catherine Murchie, senior vice president of North American Enterprise Security Solutions for MasterCard.
“Other countries that have already adopted chips have seen significant reductions in counterfeit card fraud over time – as much as 60, 70 or even 80%. The US industry continues to work together on EMV to generate similar results.”
In 2015, the Payments Security Task Force projected that 98% of cards issued in the US would feature chip technology by the end of 2017. This would top adoption rates by regions and countries that began implementing chip technology decades ago. Merchant EMV terminals adoption continues on track as projected in other Payment Security Task Force studies.
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