The nation's second largest credit union has become the second CU in the country to put computer chips into its credit or debit cards.

Last May, United Nations Federal Credit Union, headquartered in New York, announced that it was adding chip and PIN technology, known as EMV technology in Europe, to its credit cards.

UN FCU said it did it both to increase the security of its credit cards and to empower its heavily international field of membership to more easily use their cards in countries that have become dominated by chip and PIN.

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