How to do an EMV Cardreader upgrade on Genmega and Hantle ATMs How to do an EMV card reader upgrade GenMega 1900. Here are a few videos showing the EMV upgrade process: If you are skilled with machines and computers there’s a good chance you’ll be able to upgrade the card reader yourself, but if not you might want to hire a professional ATM technician to do the job. Although the kits come with instructions, installing them can sometimes be tricky. The kit includes the EMV card reader, a mounting bracket, a card reader bezel, some cables and reset board. Most ATMs out there have EMV card reader upgrade kits available online. If you have an ATM that isn’t EMV compliant you’ll need to upgrade your machine’s card reader. If neither of these are an option you might need to have an ATM technician come take a look at your machine. Another way would be to contact the company who sold you the ATM. One way would be to contact the manufacturer of the ATM. If you’re not sure whether or not your ATM is equipped with an EMV card reader there are a few different ways to find out. but what if you don’t? or what if you’re not sure? If you have an EMV-capable card reader you have nothing to worry about. Liability for fraudulent ATM transactions on non-EMV-capable ATMs will shift to ATM operators in October 2016. If you own and operate an ATM that is not equipped with an EMV-capable card reader you should be concerned, if anything fraudulent happens at your ATM, you or your company will be personally held responsible.
The ATM operator will only be held liable though if the ATM isn’t capable of reading the new credit cards with the small chips embedded in them (EMV cards or ‘smart cards’). If you haven’t heard about it, basically, the credit card companies don’t want to be held liable for fraudulent ATM transactions (such as card-skimming) so soon the ATM operator will be held liable for the fraud instead.
If you are the owner of an ATM you might have heard people talking about the upcoming “liability shift” set to take place in October 2016.