State of EMV report: Fraud rises before a fall

The switchover to EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) chipped credit cards is well underway. According to a new report from research and advisory firm Aite Group, sponsored by device intelligence and fraud prevention company iovation, 81% of credit cards in the U.S. will be EMV capable by the end of 2016. And the increased adoption of the more secure cards is fueling an increase in counterfeit fraud.

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You read it right. “As the U.S. migration to EMV progresses, the combination of continued strong growth in e-commerce, ready availability of consumer data and credentials in the underweb, and disappearing counterfeit fraud opportunity will create a perfect storm that will result in a sharp rise in CNP (card-not-present) fraud,” said Julie Conroy, research director at Aite Group. Conroy went on to say, “CNP fraud is already on the rise, and the problem will get worse before it gets better.”

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