1 Close your credit card accounts.  Paying off multiple credit cards with a debt consolidation loan may be a good idea, but be careful about racking up more debt on the open accounts. Think about keeping one account open for an emergency and closing the others.
- Jul. Today, Square announced a new version of its popular mobile payment system that will support EMV chipped credit cards. EMV is a joint effort from MasterCard and Visa to help improve security credit and debit card transactions and is set to become a standard in the US by October 2015.
FAQ EMVâ¢ EMV Overview What are the benefits of EMV cards? A: Several factors are driving the U.S. card market to migrate to chip-based cards using the EMV specifications. EMV offers advantages for consumers, financial institutions and merchants and has captured the attention of the U.S. card market.