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Fuel retailers need to upgrade before card firm stops issuing swipe cards by 2029. ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Mastercard said yesterday that it will abandon magnetic stripes on its credit and debit cards beginning in 2024 in most markets, a move that will directly impact convenience and fuel retailers who haven’t yet upgraded their fuel READ MORE

As of mid-April 2021, any card fraud detected at automated fueling dispensers is the responsibility of the fuel retailer if EMV technology has not been implemented on the forecourt. Since that time, payment card chargebacks related to the chip card liability shift have become a significant issue for all gasoline READ MORE

And convenience stores are ideal locations for EV charging. ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Electric vehicles sales are growing at a faster clip than the broader U.S. car business, reports the Wall Street Journal. Still a sliver of the overall market, sales of plug-in vehicles more than doubled in the first half of 2021 compared READ MORE

E-15 has been in the news a lot lately. Here is where we are today: Rulemaking proposed in January 2021 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify or eliminate E15 dispenser labels and loosen underground storage tank (UST) system requirements remains under review by EPA. The U.S. Supreme Court READ MORE

Electric charging stations will begin to proliferate alongside traditional pumps. April 28, 2021, NEW YORK—BloombergNEF forecasts four million electric vehicles will represent a quarter of all vehicles sold annually in the United States by 2030, meaning plenty of old and new gasoline-powered trucks and cars will still be on the READ MORE

Non-compliant stores are now liable for any fraud related to the card portion of a transaction. NATIONAL REPORT — Despite a request made earlier this month by several industry groups to again push back the deadline for EMV compliance on the forecourt, the major financial companies decided to push forward with the READ MORE