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Episode 60: Walmart's drive for EMV

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Jamie Henry, director of payment services with Wal-Mart treasury organizations, talks with Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan about the retailer’s push for EMV in the U.S. “We want to provide our customers with the most secure transactions that are in the market place, and the chip and pin technology provides that high level of security,” Henry says. He also talks about contactless payments and how the retailer doesn’t think that technology is secure.



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