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AUGUST 23, 2018

Darden Restaurants announced Wednesday (August 23) that the data on 567,000 payment card numbers may have been exposed. The company said payment card information — including card numbers — from visitors who went to the restaurants from Nov. 2 2018 may have been affected. 3, 2017, through Jan.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Fraudsters have been increasingly focused on mobile services, with one-third of all fraud attacks worldwide reportedly targeting mobile during the first half of 2018 — a 24 percent year-over-year increase. Financial services providers must run tight ships when offering mobile services, and various techniques can help keep them secure.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

TSYS , a payment processing company, has suffered a ransomware attack and had some data posted online, according to a report from Krebs on Security. However, TSYS said the malware didn't jeopardize card data and that the attack had only targeted the company's administrative wing. "We This matter is immaterial to the company.”.

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MAY 18, 2020

Japan-based credit card and payment firm JCB has announced a partnership with tech startup accelerator TECHFUND to explore the idea of a payment system with blockchain options, the company said on Friday (May 15). JCB, one of the biggest credit card operator in Japan, has also worked with blockchain before, partnering with U.S.-based

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DECEMBER 9, 2018

With retailers struggling to get compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard , qualified security assessors are going to be in more demand and can offer tokenization as one way of achieving compliance.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

businesses collectively facing fines of up to £122 billion in 2018. The report noted that cybersecurity is a huge issue for businesses operating in the U.K. Cybersecurity breaches could result in U.K. The report noted that, while the U.K. If the breaches continue at the same pace, PCI estimated the fines would rise from £1.4

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JANUARY 16, 2020

The business email compromise (BEC) scam is a cybersecurity threat to businesses of all sizes, and the financial and security implications of a successful attack aren’t isolated to its target. It’s all in the name of siphoning company cash from accounts payable operations, and experts say the threat will continue to increase.

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JUNE 19, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a new law enforcement initiative targeting operations seeking to defraud small businesses. attorneys’ offices and the Better Business Bureau (BBB), the FTC has released the results of Operation Main Street: Stopping Small Business Scams. Postal Inspection Service, two U.S.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Today’s consumers are turning to card and contactless payments. FitPay is working to enable and secure contactless payments made on any connected device. Earlier this year, FitPay joined forces with security technology company NXT-ID in an effort to build out a more comprehensive Internet of Things (IoT) platform.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

A new report has revealed that Fortnite’s in-game currency is being used to launder money from stolen credit cards. According to a report by The Independent and cybersecurity firm Sixgill , a hacker will access someone else’s credit card information, and then use it to create a Fortnite account and buy V-bucks, which is the game’s currency.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

McAfee Labs recently published its 2018 Threats Predictions report , and after a year of high-profile cyberattacks and data breaches, analysts say the threat won’t let up in the new year. In this week’s B2B Data Digest, PYMNTS dives into new research about small businesses’ data security and cybersecurity efforts.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Preventing fraud with seamless and secure onboarding solutions is key. million fraud reports in 2018, resulting in $1.48 All the consumer needs to do is fill out a survey, at the end of which the page asks for a credit card number to pay for the $1 phone. They can also cancel the affected cards, but that may not stop the scams.

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Given IBM’s experiences helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey with Cloud and AI, we’re particularly excited that “Enabling the digital economy” is the Sibos 2018 conference theme. IBM at Sibos 2018. Stay tuned for more blogs on Sibos 2018! Using IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson, Cargills Bank Ltd.

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JULY 5, 2020

The German payment processing company’s operating performance in Europe and the Americas was far worse than previously known, according to a report from KPMG, the Netherlands-based global accounting firm, obtained by the newspaper. But such profits did not exist, the Times reported. million) in 2017, the KPMG report revealed.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

The shift from magnetic stripe to EMV chip cards marked one of the 21 st century’s most widespread payment developments. Chip cards have been heralded for their improved functionality and security, but they have still failed to address critical authentication problems, leaving retailers to bear the brunt of these vulnerabilities.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Finrails AP offers businesses a cloud-based accounts payable (AP) solution that automates B2B payments on a secure digital dashboard using numerous payment methods. Payments are facilitated using virtual Visa commercial cards, ACH and checks. The company raised $15 million in 2018 in a debt financing funding round.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Patent and Trademark Office, shows Mastercard ’s plans to deploy distributed ledger technology to develop a platform on which credit card transactions can be completed in real-time, rather than through the current system, in which payees have to wait several days before those transactions are verified and land in their accounts.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

A new year has begun, but the pandemic continues to throw financial and operational curveballs at banks, businesses and their consumers regarding how they conduct daily tasks or routine payments. consumers now count themselves as “ debit-centric ” users, a sizable jump over the 33 percent who said the same about credit cards.

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JUNE 25, 2018

The 2018 Q1 saw a combined valuation of VC investments nearing $50 billion — the fourth quarter in a row where VC funding has surpassed $45 million, KPMG noted. With so much money up for grabs, it may come as a surprise that startups often struggle to get approved for a credit card, even after a lucrative funding round.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

He added that Revolut strives to be “the best in class for customer experience, value and capabilities” and offer a full range of services from deposit accounts and overdraft protection to loans and credit cards. Revolut was granted a European Union banking license in Lithuania in December 2018 and has begun operations in central Europe.

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JUNE 6, 2019

don’t rely on swiping or chip card readers. cards use chip-and-signature and chip-and-PIN methods. The global mPOS industry was valued at $26 billion as of 2018, and is projected to grow 35.4 percent between 2018 and 2025. JPMorgan Chase will roll out new Visa-branded contactless EMV cards this year. In the U.S.,

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MARCH 25, 2020

Dan is a highly regarded leader and accomplished executive with operational expertise and over two decades of deep experience in the FinTech space. He is also an innovator who has spearheaded, built and operated two publicly-traded payments companies,” said Jacobs. 31, 2019 showed an increase in total operating revenues of $249.3

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Given IBM’s experiences helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey with Cloud and AI, we’re particularly excited that “Enabling the digital economy” is the Sibos 2018 conference theme. IBM at Sibos 2018. Stay tuned for more blogs on Sibos 2018! Using IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson, Cargills Bank Ltd.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

“While technological advancements have revolutionized many aspects of operations, payroll and expense management are not [among] them. Banking as a service makes it far easier for [entities] from startups to multinational corporations to access and create simple, fast, secure and transparent full-fledged financial products,” Athavale said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Indonesian payment processor Payfazz has secured $53 million in Series B funding, numerous media outlets reported Monday (July 6). In one, Indonesia-based travel and lifestyle platform Traveloka partnered with Bank BRI on a credit card for Indonesia’s underbanked population, as PYMNTS reported last fall.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

More banks are therefore moving away from legacy core systems to embrace cloud-native architectures to power automation and meet the speed expected by consumers, securely. The partnerships are part of a larger plan by Lloyds Bank to enhance its online banking offerings, an initiative that began in 2018. The bank has designated $3.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2019

According to The Financial Times , a source familiar with the matter revealed that the company has hired JPMorgan to raise $500 million in new equity from investors, as well as secure a $1 billion convertible loan. As part of the newly expanded partnership, Revolut will primarily issue Visa-branded cards in the global expansion.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Twenty-five of them were operational worldwide in 2017, and that number had swelled to 40 by September 2018, with 16 more expected to debut by 2020. billion in 2018 to $26.9 billion in 2018 to $26.9 bank account would be able to securely receive real-time payments by 2020. . The number of card payments was up 10.1

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

In recent years, cybercriminals implanted malicious skimming code directly on e-commerce shops and online content management and payment platforms as a way of stealing payment card data at scale. Their goal is to compromise the merchant’s payments processing account and steal all of the payment card data processed by the merchant.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

In a company press release, American Express said the changes will take effect beginning in April 2018 and will apply to all merchants accepting American Express worldwide. It will also help reduce merchant operating expenses tied to retaining customer signatures.

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APRIL 2, 2020

consumers, who made almost 73 billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018 – and the final 2019 number is bound to be bigger. Card networks attract merchants with promises of faster, more accurate debit routing, and merchants pay handsomely to transact across these networks. Debit has never been more popular with U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Keychain is developing an innovative data security framework targeting the financial, industrial and enterprise spaces. JCB said it will use Keychain’s platform to build out cybersecurity features and “operational integrity in next-generation payments systems,” according to the release. .

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JANUARY 20, 2020

South African regulators also approved Goldman Sachs for a bank operation license as the firm strives for growth in the most liquid and sophisticated economy on the continent. Africa’s working-age population is anticipated to go up to nearly one billion by 2030, up from 705 million in 2018, according to the African Development Bank.

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MARCH 18, 2019

Connecting these two dots suggests a few important things that, for banks and card networks, might be the 2020 hindsight that could have come in handy had they stopped to look backwards a few years ago: That the Fed has much more than a passing interest in how faster payments are run in the U.S. A Couple of Important Dots.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

According to a report in The Verge , citing an email that Coffee Meets Bagel sent to users earlier this week, the company said people who signed up before May of 2018 may have had their personal data lifted. It did say that some of its users who signed up before May of 2018 had their names and email addresses accessed.

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JULY 2, 2019

“Powered by Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time push payments solution, (Instant Transfer) moves money from customers’ PayPal accounts to their bank account via their Visa debit cards — providing an experience that offers speed, security and convenience, 24/7/365,” according to statement describing the launch. Australia, Italy and Spain.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

targeting both individuals and merchants during the first half of 2018, hitting £148 million ($191 million USD) in losses. Most of the victims who did report such fraud contacted their banks, credit card companies or the police rather than regulatory authorities.

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