Visa Debuts Chip Card Campaign
“The adoption of chip technology has the potential to virtually eliminate counterfeit fraud when widely adopted, and will help consumers feel more confident about using their payment cards,” Ellen Richey, chief enterprise risk officer at Visa, said …
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Medicine Prices At Risk Under Pacific Trade Draft: Critics
The 77-page draft chapter, dated May 16, showed a push to extend protection for drugs and other medicines which would keep prices high for longer and delay the introduction of cheaper generic alternatives, according to legal experts and groups …
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Apple Pay hits US stores Monday — assuming buyers can find anywhere to use it
A person's account information, including the 16-digit card number, is not stored on the phone or with the merchant, according to the credit card companies and Apple. Instead, token technology allows a unique digital Device Account Number to be …
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US Mint Sales: 2015 Coin Uncirculated Set Debuts
The United States Mint introduced one collectible product last week, the 2015 Presidential $ 1 Coin Uncirculated Set with its eight dollars featuring Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Released on Tuesday, July …
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US Mint Exhausts American Silver Eagle Inventory
Today, July 7, the United States Mint suspended sales of bullion American Silver Eagles, noting that a large increase in demand has depleted their inventories. The agency in a memo to authorized purchasers said the suspension would last about two weeks.
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US Mint Gold Coin Prices May Decline on Wed., July 29
There's a chance on Wednesday, July 29, that the United States Mint will reduce prices on its line of collectible gold coins by as much as $ 50 for every ounce of gold they contain. The opening price of the highly-anticipated 2015-W $ 100 American …
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