PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., Oct. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Payments Forum today released its fall 2017 market snapshot, providing new statistics on merchant EMV chip enablement, updates on upcoming milestones for merchants and issuers, and priorities around contactless and online security payment specifications going forward. State of the Market: Top 200 Merchant, SMB Chip Enablement Grows At the September 2017 U.S. Payments Forum member meeting, the global payment networks1 reported that 55 percent of spend is now on chip cards and 96 percent of the top 200 merchants are now accepting chip payments. ATM enablement is growing rapidly, … Continue reading US Payments Forum Fall 2017 Market Snapshot: Merchant EMV Chip Enablement on the Upswing, Considerations for Issuers’ First Reissuance Cycle and Getting the Market Ready for 3DS 2.0