Time has run out for “knuckle-busters,” the clunky contraptions merchants needed for decades to accept card transactions, but their legacy—the raised characters embossed on payment cards—is proving ...

Since June 2014, 15 employees operating 24-foot-long card-embossing machines have been churning out new chip cards at the rate of up to 1,500 cards an hour; including reissues of standard cards with ...