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Samsung Pay Launches Debit Card, Money Management

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Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. Ahn added that over the summer months, Samsung Pay will introduce a tool to help people better manage their financial lives. By early 2019, Samsung Pay’s international presence grew to six global regions.

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Entersekt, Netcetera Team Up On eCommerce Payment Security

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The company recently announced that the software company Netcetera implemented the authentication system for Bank-Verlag, a company that makes and provides secure services for Germany’s banks. Experience counts when tight deadlines and project complexity raise the stakes,” said Uwe Härtel, Central Europe country manager at Entersekt. “We

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Making financial services more secure at IBM Think 2019

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To those working in the financial services industry, security is at the core of their business. The rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning might help protect business assets, but it is also making it easier for the bad guys to find holes in the security. Security is a big theme at IBM Think this year. Feeling safe.

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Travel Management Firm CWT Pays $4.5M In Bitcoin To Hackers

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Corporate travel manager CWT paid $4.5 According to computer security firm McAfee, criminals have been using RagnarLocker since late 2019. Security experts say one way to thwart such attacks is to maintain off-site backups that can’t be compromised by an attack on an organization’s main system.

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In 2019, Mobilize The Commercial Card: JPMorgan

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Morgan Managing Director and Head of Commercial Card Product Management Naney Pandit says should be a focus this year is in mobilizing the corporate card. That’s despite earlier 2018 analysis from Barclaycard that found travel managers have faced a 29 percent increase in requests among employees to pay by mobile wallet.

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2019 To See Increase In Nation-State Cyberattacks, Ransomware

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According to one security expert, the answer is, unfortunately, yes. founder and managing director of cybersecurity venture firm AllegisCyber , and co-founder of DataTribe , a cybersecurity startup in Washington, D.C., Ackerman also warned that another wave of ransomware is expected to hit in 2019.

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FICO’s Take On Debit Security

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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. This payment rail’s use is going strong in the United States, with debit card penetration reaching 78 percent in 2018. Around The Next-Gen Debit World.

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