Processors must be EMV-ready in 2013
I just wanted to point out that the card brands, now including American Express, are only requiring processors to support EMV [Europay/MasterCard/Visa] payments by the April 2013 deadline. No deadline has been provided requiring merchants to accept EMV chip and choice payments.
For reference, see http://about.americanexpress.com/news/pr/2012/dmv_roadmap.aspx.
Andrew L. Snell
Client Services Coordinator
Gravity Payments
Andrew,
Thanks for this clarification. We had erroneously reported in "AmEx joins EMV push," The Green Sheet, July 23, 2012, issue 12:07:02, that American Express Co. "is requiring merchants to have EMV-equipped terminals in place by April 2013."
We have corrected the online version of the story. For readers' benefit, following is an excerpt from the AmEx press release you referenced.
By April 2013, processors must be able to support American Express EMV chip-based contact, contactless and mobile transactions.
Beginning October 2013, merchants will be eligible to receive relief from PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) reporting requirements if the merchants' point-of-sale (POS) acceptance locations, where 75 percent of their transactions occur, are enabled to process American Express EMV chip-based contact and contactless transactions.
Effective October 2015, American Express will institute a Fraud Liability Shift (FLS) policy that will transfer liability for certain types of fraudulent transactions away from the party that has the most secure form of EMV technology. U.S. fuel merchants will have an additional two years, until October 2017, before the FLS takes effect for transactions generated from automated fuel dispensers.
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