Banks have embarked on the conversion of magnetic payment cards into chip cards for greater security, but the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly slowed down their efforts.
Despite high costs, domestic banks are stepping up to issue chip cards that meet EMV standards to replace magnetic strip cards in order to improve the safety and meet the central bank’s regulations.
The National Payment Corporation of Viet Nam (NAPAS) and Discover Financial Services Inc (DFS), an American financial services company, signed an agreement on a card switching system on Wednesday in Ha Noi.
With security threats becoming more sophisticated, banks needed to
ensure security of payment card data, delegates told a seminar in HCM
City last week.