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BSP gives banks until January 2017 to switch to EMV chip ATM

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief November 29, 2015 · 1 min read

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In light of the recent series of ATM skimming, the Central Bank has reiterated its message for people to be careful when making withdrawals in Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).

EMV stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa. EMV cards have chips embedded inside them which contain information required to authenticate credit and debit card transactions.

The main advantage of EMV-based cards over its predecessor is the information on magnetic strip on the former is dynamic as opposed to static. This added level of complexity makes it more challenging for hackers and skimmers to copy the information on the card.

The Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas have mandated that all banks switch to the EMV chip on all their ATM cards before January 2017.

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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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