The company studied 158,280 transactions totaling $330,351 initiated December through February at 500 machines that use its e-Port credit and debit card readers.

Simply put, from ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines) to now in the USA, gas pump chip credit and debit card readers invariably “swallow” the card in the card reading process.

Card skimming occurs when high-tech devices are illegally installed on factory-installed credit and debit card readers.