PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

To reportedly help it compete with Apple Pay and the Apple Card, Google is creating its own tangible and virtual debit cards. The tech company’s debit card will have the brand of Google along with its partnered financial institution; however, it is not known what the offering’s name will be.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

million ransom to get their systems back online, The Wall Street Journal reported. The cybercriminals demanded $6 million in ransom with a promise that they would not release the sensitive information of Travelex customers, including birthdates and credit card numbers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

Death, taxes and data breaches – those are perhaps the only sure things in life, and new evidence is emerging that hackers are finding increasing profit in targeting online retailers. The news comes amid yet another online retail cyberattack, this one targeting Japan’s Fast Retailing, the company that owns the Uniqlo retail chain.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

Paay, a startup credit card database storing millions of transactions, has been unsecured for weeks and only now closed again, according to a TechCrunch report. A security researcher, Anurag Sen, accessed the files and estimated around 2.5 According to report, the data contained a trove of information dating back to Sept.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Atlanta payments encryption firm Bluefin is partnering with New York mobile payments processor PAAY to advance eCommerce security. Most online merchants rely solely on SSL/TLS to encrypt the data being sent from their websites. Getting the European Union on the path to 3D Secure 2.0 Each $1 of fraud costs retailers $3.13. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Cybercriminals deploy a variety of tactics to process their ill-gotten gains, ranging from techniques as basic as exchanging gift cards to ones as advanced as setting up fake eCommerce storefronts. Two-thirds of customers also felt that companies’ account security measures were subpar. Developments Around The AML/KYC Space.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Brick-and-mortar commerce has rebounded in recent months, but consumers are still heading online for many of their purchases, maintaining trends set in the early months of the pandemic. These wallets are connected to familiar debit or credit cards, the details of which must also be kept safe from enterprising fraudsters.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Remote onboarding has overtaken (some might say overwhelmed) banks and merchants all year long as a deluge of faceless applicants opened accounts and cards. Over 80 percent of respondents in a recent survey reported fake users as a significant problem,” Bud Walker, chief strategy officer at Melissa, told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Adhering to Payments Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) is an unavoidable requirement for any and all eTailers that accept card payments, but a surprising number of firms are not up to speed on these standards. The need for digital security has never been more paramount than during the COVID-19 crisis.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Deutsche Bank, Mastercard and IDEMIA are teaming up to introduce what they said is the first card in Spain to tap motion code technology, FinTech Futures reported on Thursday (Dec. On the back of the card, a small screen will display the CVC, also known as the dynamic security code.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

This payment rail’s use is going strong in the United States, with debit card penetration reaching 78 percent in 2018. Consumers also show continued interest in debit even as they adopt newer payment instruments, and a 2019 report found that 61 percent of mobile wallet users linked debit cards. Around The Next-Gen Debit World.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

As online banking becomes more popular, countries are grappling with cybersecurity. In Denmark, the advent of digital banking also saw almost a 60% jump in card fraud, Bloomberg reported yesterday.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

According to the FTC, there have been 18,235 reports of fraudulent activity or fraud attempts related to the coronavirus since Jan. The FTC says the top categories of these scams entail travel and vacation-related items, online shopping and bogus text messaging, along with “all kinds of imposters.” million to fraud.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

Clothing company J.Crew said an unknown hacker accessed some of its customers’ online accounts almost a year ago, according to reports. Online accounts also store order numbers, shipping confirmation numbers and shipment statuses.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Consumers who previously paid for purchases by swiping or inserting their cards at in-store point-of-sale (POS) terminals are now turning to contactless cards and online shopping to safely and easily obtain needed goods. How Music Retailers Can Harmonize Security And Seamlessness. Around The Next-Gen Debit World.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Merchants seeking to serve the rising wave of online shopping have their work cut out for them as they strive to fight fraud and verify consumers while also ensuring that these protective measures do not significantly disrupt the customer experience. Zulily On Fighting Fraud And Cart Abandonment With Digital ID Verification.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In Beyond the Card: Toward the Cardless and Contactless Future , a PYMNTS and i2c Inc. Physical cards are changing form, as some NFC-capable mini-cards are being embedded in rings and other wearables. This development is fitting, considering the degree to which commerce has shifted online since the pandemic. told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

The shift to online commerce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented. We’re doing more of everything online, especially transacting. Many merchants are trying very quickly to establish themselves with an online presence,” said Quevedo. Hiding In Plain Sight?

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Data leaked from the hack of credit reporting agency Equifax includes the credit card information of about 209,000 of the agency’s customers, according to the company. The attack exposed data like social security […].

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Cards Data Security Report 291

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Moreover, all demographic groups are far more likely to use phone than email or chat to reach card service departments — and this method is associated with higher satisfaction and resolution rates. Billing issues and payments is the most common reason, cited by 29 percent of cardholders, followed by fraud and data security, cited by 23.8

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

Active-duty service members are 76 percent more likely to report identity theft than most people, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC reported in its newest Consumer Protection Data Spotlight that service members typically report misuse of their credit and debit card data. percent of the 3.2

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

This popularity is not expected to decline once the virus wanes, with the number of online and mobile banking users expected to hit at least 3.6 ATM usage has been severely affected by the pandemic, as such machines require touching keypads, screens and card readers. The Security Threats Facing ITMs And How FIs Can Protect Them.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Fraudsters have grown adept at finding debit cards’ weak points, and merchants are struggling to keep up. Losses due to false credit and debit card declines — in which merchants reject legitimate orders on the mistaken belief that they are fraudulent — grew to $118 billion last year and are projected to reach $443 billion by 2021.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

These marketplaces need to have strong security approaches in place, however, to ensure they do not accidentally onboard any fraudulent sellers or let other scams be perpetrated across their platforms. The collaboration is expected to give Visa’s global merchant and card network access to M-Pesa’s financial services network.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 25, 2017

Customer fears about card security and fraud is increasing, but as it turns out, fewer consumers are actually experiencing that fraud. This is according to the Consumer Payment Card Data Security Perceptions survey by data solutions provider Transaction Network Services, released today.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

Online and digital research company Juniper Research released a new report on Tuesday (March 19) saying the yearly value of virtual cards (temporary cards only usable for one transaction) is going to grow, but that adoption to the technology will be slow, according to a news release. percent from 2019 to 2022.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

Mobile card apps went from nifty to necessary when the darkest imaginings of last March had people picturing COVID-19 on every surface, suspended in every breath. Consumers are interested in applying mobile card management tools in different ways, however,” the report states. Meet the 2021 Cardholder.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management. and India, alternative small business lending technology company CreditEnable has revealed a $2 million seed round, according to Inc42 reports. CreditEnable.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Virtual credit cards are one of the more flexible electronic payment methods available, and the world continues its steady march toward greater digital payment use. Virtual cards can improve accounts payable (AP) processes, benefiting both buyers and suppliers by streamlining day-to-day payments, and providing greater control over cash flows.

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Cards Payments Fraud Capital 178

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

How secure do you feel when it comes to payments? Consider a survey commissioned by payment, telecom and financial data solutions provider Transaction Network Services (TNS), which found that 85 percent of adults across the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia believe fraud attempts on debit and credit cards are on the upswing.

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ATM Marketplace

JULY 25, 2017

A new survey has revealed consumers have major concerns about the security of their payment card data. Download our new report which summarizes the key findings, including instore payments vs online, where responsibility lies and rates of fraudulent card use

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Brick-and-mortar merchants and online retailers alike often rely on end-of-year sales to generate up to 40 percent of their annual revenues and start the new year on a positive note. consumers were expected to spend more than $190 billion online this season, up 36 percent from 2019, while in-store commerce was predicted to fall by 4.7

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

We are delighted to launch these solutions which are intended to facilitate payments for corporates, in addition to enhancing security features for these processes,” Kumar said in the announcement. The agreement was anticipated to accelerate cashless payments and online banking throughout the Middle East in addition to North Africa.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Signifyd Vice President of Partnerships Skye Spear predicted that within three years merchants won’t be on the hook for credit card fraud online thanks to companies like Signifyd that use real-time machine learning to prevent fraudulent transactions from going through. Signifyd charges about 1 percent of the order for its protection.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

bank NatWest has started a three-month trial of a biometric credit card that will use a fingerprint in lieu of a PIN. CNBC reported that the test was launched on Oct. 7, and it’s in tandem with Mastercard and the digital security company Gemalto. NatWest launched a test of biometric debit cards earlier this year. .

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Cards ATM Security Innovation 132

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Apple and Goldman Sachs, through joint efforts, will issue a credit card that links with the iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Feb. The new card is aimed at helping consumers with money management, and bringing the companies into new areas of business.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

The Daily Mail reported that personal information from 982 million email accounts included names, gender, dates of birth, employers and even home addresses in the database. The info did not contain passwords or credit card details. He found out that there were new records that had never been exposed before. Verifications.io

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