While the technology that powers them has been upgraded many times over the years, the basic look and feel of credit cards hasn't evolved much. But that may be starting to change as the next ...

Because LoopPay works with most standard magnetic credit card readers, it's compatible with far more point-of-sale systems than Apple Pay and Google Wallet, which require special near field ...

Credit and debit cards can be cloned when using a standard magnetic stripe reader. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) ...

“Magnetic card readers are now a ubiquitous form of information exchange in thousands of everyday applications that range from retail credit card terminals to ATMs to access control systems,†said ...

From the old way of carbon copying an account number and having a customer sign off on a purchase through to the advent of magnetic stripes and the chip-and-pin systems of today, the act of using a ...