Whether shopping online or over the phone, you must provide your credit card information to process the transaction. Apart from entering a card number and an expiration date, you probably will have to ...

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Instead of a static three- or four-digit card verification value on the back or front of a payment card, dynamic CVV technology creates a new code periodically, making the card harder to steal. This ...