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Summary: In August and September 2019, Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) investigated two separate breaches at North American fuel dispenser merchants. The attacks involved the use of point-of-sale (POS) malware to harvest payment card data from fuel dispenser merchant POS systems. It is important to note that this attack vector READ MORE

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 55 million travelers are making plans to kick off the holiday season with a trip of 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving. This will be the second-highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2000, trailing only the record set in 2005. Overall, an additional READ MORE

NACS workshop details why cost of ignoring fuel-pump payment standards will add up ATLANTA — With 364 days left to upgrade credit-card terminals at fuel pumps before fraud liability shifts to convenience-store retailers, three experts on the subject of EMV encouraged retailers to get started now during a NACS Show educational READ MORE

Senate Bill 2119 by Sen. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) and Rep. Craig Goldman (R-Fort Worth) was the top priority legislation for TFFA this session. The bill transfers the regulatory programs for both motor fuel metering and motor fuel quality testing from the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) to the Texas Department of READ MORE

HOUSTON — CITGO Petroleum Corp. officially released EMV acceptance software following extensive testing of Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Passport version 11.04B. The software brings both EMV acceptance and Passport EDGE to the CITGO network, and is now available to CITGO branded gas stations with Gilbarco dispensers. Passport EDGE is a tablet-based point READ MORE

Major Oil Brand Joins Adopters of “Chip Card” Capabilities at the Fuel Dispenser Gilbarco Veeder-Root announced today that Phillips 66 officially released outside EMV acceptance at the forecourt after extensive testing of Passport® version 11.02 software. Over the past six months, Phillips 66, in beta sites across the United States, READ MORE