"Verifone is the maker of electronic payment terminals, including Europay, Mastercard, Visa (EMV) systems which accept credit cards with chips. As of October 1, merchants using non-EMV compliant terminals began assuming liability for fraudulent transactions, a liability previously held by the credit card companies. The shift in this liability should be profitable for Verifone as merchants scramble to update their payment terminals (at last read in 2014, the percentage of EMV enabled devices only reached 27%). Gas stations get a two year extension, however. None of the more than 1 million gas stations in the US have EMV capable devices at this point, due to the high cost of updating self-service gas pumps. Also worth watching on Monday is progress in Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, which allows electronic devices to exchange radio communication with each other when brought into close proximity -- technology used with such apps as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Google Wallet."