The deadline for EMV card adoption is just one month away. Come Oct. 1, the card networks will shift fraud liability to the party not able to handle EMV payments. Target's retail stores are ready with a month to spare, as the retailer began accepting EMV or chip-card transactions at all stores across the country in August. However, its private label cards are not yet EMV compliant."As a result this quarter we will initiate the process of replacing all of our REDcard products with chip and pin cards including our private label credit and debit products," said John Mulligan, Target's COO and EVP."We've teamed up with production vendor Gemalto to replace our credit and debit REDcards between now and next spring with chip-and-PIN cards," the retailer wrote on its blog, A Bullseye View.Target's employees will be among the first to get the new chip-enabled REDcards so they can get "the hang of the technology firsthand, along with lots of training," according to the blog."Our teams have been working for years to bring guests this secure payment technology, and we’re excited to be among retailers leading the industry in bringing it to the U.S.," Target wrote. Click here for the full post and video: Chip Cards at Target: Five Things to Know Before You Check Out