PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The Social Security number (SSN) was never meant to get this much attention. In a wide-ranging discussion, Socure CEO Sunil Madhu and PYMNTS’ Karen Webster discussed the brave new world of identity security and verification, and what those terms mean when it should be assumed that all of your data has been compromised.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

Why should merchants be the only ones who get to leverage the speed, convenience and low-friction environment of the online marketplace? The big box retailer has been investing heavily in its online marketplace, and recently invited international vendors onto its platform. Since 2014, it has added 65,000 professionals to its network.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Since 2014, Mastercard’s Start Path “has invited more than 230 later-stage startups worldwide to participate in its six-month virtual program, providing technical guidance, operational support and commercial engagements within the Mastercard ecosystem,” the company said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A security researcher discovered that credit card-stealing malware was inserted into the code of the American Cancer Society’s online store, according to TechCrunch. He said they’re a “thriving criminal underworld that has operated in the shadows for years.”. Magecart is only now becoming a household name,” he added.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A security researcher discovered that credit card-stealing malware was inserted into the code of the American Cancer Society’s online store, according to TechCrunch. He said they’re a “thriving criminal underworld that has operated in the shadows for years.”. Magecart is only now becoming a household name,” he added.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

That’s what led him to Goodworld, an online platform that removes the friction from digital donations, making them possible (and secure) by using hashtags. In fact, the company, which launched in 2014 and is based in Washington, D.C., Such a process can lead to online amplification for the charitable cause.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

The PSD2 -related regulation counts itself among a raft of those set to become law across the continent, focusing on boosting online commerce security by requiring cardholders to provide two forms of identification to verify their identities when transacting.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2018

after the Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO ) ruled that the social media network operator was engaged in “serious breaches of data protection.” The data, which was processed from 2007 through 2014, was accessible to developers of third-party vendors without the Facebook users providing consent.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

announced that its quick, safe and secure payment method, Visa Checkout, has launched in the U.K., According to Finextra , Visa Checkout allows consumers to securely store shipping and payment details without having to re-enter information while shopping online. in 2014 and has expanded into 23 countries, most recently Poland.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

As the country feels economic pressure from sanctions, the online attacks are becoming increasingly important. The most visible moment so far for cyberattacks in North Korea came in 2014, when the country was linked to the hacking of Sony Pictures after a movie was released that showed the country and its dictator in a supposed bad light.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The app allegedly violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which requires that companies get parental permission before collecting data from children under the age of 13. Since 2014, 200 million users downloaded the app, with 65 million accounts in the United States alone.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) are doubling down on data security. Effective data security features are critical to securing this information. However, Facebook and Amazon are not the only Big Tech companies with a need to innovate in data security. The Future of Data Security.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2016

Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More. Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

Shipt , the online grocery ordering and delivery service, has announced that it has secured $20.1 million in Series A funding that the company plans to use to expand into new markets and further compete with well-heeled online food delivery giants, like Amazon, Google and Instacart.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2016

Four security firms currently investigating the matter say “yes.” “It is obviously a group of skilled operators that have some amount of experience conducting intrusions,” Phil Burdette, an incident response team leader at Dell SecureWorks, told Reuters. .” All in, victims paid out about $24.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

The latest Subscription Commerce Tracker explores how subscription-based businesses are adapting to an ever-changing market, and how they keep their payments experience secure and how new models are emerging to stay competitive. What Security Means For Subscriptions.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

The evidence at trial stemmed from a 2014 investigation, after Costanzo posted an ad on a peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange website stating that he was willing to engage in cash transactions up to $50,000. The Justice Department said the bitcoins are worth more than $600,000 today.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Mobile means one can do just about anything by using their device: order food, bank online, read the news … even commit payments fraud, sometimes from the unlikeliest of places. He and an accomplice operated from Nigeria, targeting the U.S., The scams netted an alleged $25 million from 2014 to 2016. “In

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2016

According to the Fed, 80 percent of SMEs that sought funding in 2015 received it, a 15 percent increase from 2014 levels. Further, 45 percent of those that requested funding received the amount they asked for, compared with 38 percent in 2014.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2016

26) they seized around €1 million earlier in 2016 in connection with a operation that was being run on an online dark market. In a report by CoinDesk , a representative of Finland’s customs office said the online drug site was named Valhalla, which has been in operation since Oct.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Whenever it happens, it’s safe to say that a $150 billion valuation would make Ant’s IPO one of the biggest ever, putting it ahead of Facebook ’s $104 billion IPO in 2012 and behind Alibaba’s $168 billion IPO in 2014. The deal was established in the lead-up to Alibaba’s 2014 IPO. Reasons To Invest.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Amid reports this week that changes to accounting standards are coming over the next few weeks, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that financial professionals, including accountants, must be mindful of cybersecurity risks. BEC, the acronym for business email compromise scams, is getting its share of attention.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

A Russian hacker was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for stealing credit card numbers and selling the data online, according to The New York Times. He then sold the data online, which resulted in the resale of more than 2 million credit card numbers and about $170 million in losses. .”

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

The impact of online fraud reaches far beyond the dollar count of sales lost. . With firms losing more than $5 million in stolen data tied to breaches, the true cost of online fraud is increasing. Retailers and merchants are losing more than $3 for every dollar of fraud incurred as recently as 2014, and that number was up from $2.79

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

51 million : That’s the amount of new funding that Druva, an India-based enterprise security company, has secured from Sequoia Capital India and a new backer, Economic Development Board Investments, based in Singapore. Luckily, the PYMNTS 11 is here to break it all down. Luckily, the PYMNTS 11 is here to break it all down.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

When trying to understand the new eIDAS regulations set to go officially online in the EU in September, it helps, Trulioo GM Zac Cohen told Karen Webster, to take a step back and look at the general purpose of the European Union. The EU, Webster noted, was not quite the same place in 2014 as it is in 2018.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

The alleged theft ring operated in 34 states, but it remains unclear how many phones and legitimate customers were involved or impacted. but delivered no tangible products to bitcoin that vanishes from wallets stored online, the bad guys find these digital offerings, in all their flavors, as irresistible as the speculators who buy them.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

According to a report , O2 confirmed the protocol that connects the back ends of telecom networks was exploited to intercept and reroute two-factor verification codes that were sent by German banks to customers’ mobile phones to authorize the transfer of funds online.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

When Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2 billion in 2014, the acquisition wasn’t exactly regarded as a stroke of business genius. That was 2014. But moving customers online and thus relying on two-dimensional photographs isn’t really the ideal solution for a company that sells works of art. “In The Power of the Payment.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

A recent G2 whitepaper investigated the routes cybercriminals have taken and the strategies they now use in response to increased security oversight in the traditional online payments space. G2 found a criminal network operating illegal online pharmacies in Europe. In 2014, we saw it on 2 percent of the violating sites.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

The end result is that companies outside China will be able to, eventually, control Chinese securities and asset management firms, insurance companies (through joint venture majority stakes) and banks. trillion at 2014’s end. Within China, Guotai Junan Securities does investment banking business worth $1.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Its online platform, which now accounts for more than 20 percent of its sales, was first unveiled in 2009, making Wingstop one of the first players in the field to offer digital ordering. Security and Privacy Issues. Voice ordering is gaining popularity despite the many security concerns.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

Everyone thinks of win rates differently, and people use their metrics differently,” said Pallavi Kuppa-Apte, Head of Business Operations, Chargehound. Meanwhile, he said, consumers are getting over their initial fears around contactless payments usage and security. DadeSystems. Jewel Paymentech. AvidXchange.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

The Russian national in charge of a criminal hacking enterprise that stole nearly $1 million in tickets via online vendor StubHub has pleaded guilty. Polyakov was arrested while on vacation in Spain in 2014 and extradited to the U.S. over Russian objections. He is not the only party charged in the case. Others have pleaded not guilty.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

India led the competition with the most funding rounds, as investors supported the nation’s efforts to develop the digitization and sophistication of more traditional business operations: eProcurement, eInvoicing, logistics and supply chain management. market struggles with investor doubt and regulatory scrutiny. But the U.S.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 6, 2017

To be certain, many accountants could make a full-time job out of simply trying to understand the various types of technology that can make their personal lives easier and their practices more profitable and secure. These three trends are: the progress of blockchain technology, the continued shift to the cloud, and advances in automation.

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