Facebook has hired Shahriar Rabii to be a vice president and its head of silicon, sending a message that it plans to build its own semiconductors. According to Bloomberg, Rabii previously worked at Google, where he led the team in charge of building chips for...
As the second payment services directive (PSD2) is set to take effect in Europe next year, Mastercard wants to test out its fingerprint-scanning cards in the U.K. PSD2 sets out the requirements for SCA, an identity verification procedure that leverages multifactor authentication (MFA). SCA pulls in...
Data from EMVCo shows that 54.6 percent of all cards issued globally by the end of 2017 were EMV-enabled. In addition, the number of EMV payment cards in circulation around the world increased by 1 billion over the previous 12 months — to a total...
Not every payment can be made by smartphone (yet), but for those that can’t, technology is still surging forward. EMV chip technology, virtual shopping security and contactless payments are making it easier than ever to spend money. For customers still paying with plastic, here’s what’s possible...
February 20, 2019
Qualcomm, the largest maker of smartphone chips, is prepping for 5G with the launch of a new chip. The offering is designed to work with the company’s new Snapdragon X55 5G modem, which will start to appear in devices later on this year. The new system will assist original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), speeding up time to launch […]
July 16, 2018
Facebook has hired Shahriar Rabii to be a vice president and its head of silicon, sending a message that it plans to build its own semiconductors. According to Bloomberg, Rabii...
July 09, 2018
As the second payment services directive (PSD2) is set to take effect in Europe next year, Mastercard wants to test out its fingerprint-scanning cards in the U.K. PSD2 sets out the...
April 19, 2018
Data from EMVCo shows that 54.6 percent of all cards issued globally by the end of 2017 were EMV-enabled. In addition, the number of EMV payment cards in circulation around...
