This was posted on the National Restaurant Associations page earlier this week, while aimed at restaurants, this is going to be very important for the lodging industry to be aware of as well, considering how many overseas guests come to stay in the United States.
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New technology to ensure secure smartcard payments is coming to the United States. That means merchants will have to upgrade point-of-sale systems to accommodate the new technology, known as EMV. EMV, which stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, adds dynamic data to transaction process to prevent skimming and other fraudulent practices. EMV will apply to “chip and PIN” and “chip and signature” payment cards.
Here is Visa and MasterCard’s implementation timetable:
• October 2012: Visa’s Technology Innovation Program (TIP) and MasterCard’s program go into effect. That means Visa and MasterCard will no longer require merchants to validate PCI DSS compliance, as long as they use dual-interface (contact and contactless), EMV chip-enabled POS terminals for at least 75 percent of transactions.
• April 2013: Payment processors must be able to process EMV transactions by this date.
• October 2015: A liability shift goes into effect, which means that processors will become responsible for fraud losses from merchants that don’t have EMV terminals. The financial responsibility likely will be transferred to operators, so investigate how your POS provider is adapting.
Posted by NRA staff on April 16, 2012 12:10 PM
read the rest of the article at http://www.restaurant.org/nra_news_blog/2012/04/pos-systems-must-accommodate-new-secure-payment-technology.cfm
Download the free whitepaper on EMV Essentials for the U.S. Merchant at http://www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com/emvwhitepaper/
