Chris Skinner

OCTOBER 23, 2019

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

MonetaGo , which specializes in blockchain technologies, and GUUD Company , which focuses on making international trade smooth, have teamed up on international financial transaction security, MonetaGo announced in a press release. Both companies are based in Singapore. Going paperless has to happen.”. Going paperless has to happen.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

WhatsApp, which boasts end-to-end encryption and high-level security, disclosed 12 vulnerabilities in 2019, seven of which were described as critical, according to a report by the Financial Times. Rogers added that the data “strongly suggests” that WhatsApp hadn’t been taking security of the app very seriously.

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DECEMBER 9, 2018

Uber is moving ahead with its initial public offering, filing paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the U.S. The report noted the IPOs could happen in the first quarter of 2019 at the earliest. Airbnb , Palantir , and Stripe are also seen as potential IPOs in 2019.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

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. It is said that the 3-D Secure solution can be implemented in a short amount of time.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

On February 25th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its annual Privacy and Data Security Update , which highlights the FTC’s activities during the past year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Ransomware cyber-attacks are up 41 percent over last year, with 205,280 enterprises having lost access to hacked files, according to data from the ransomware security firm Emsisoft. Companies paid an average of $84,116 in the last quarter of 2019 to get their files back from online thieves, according to data from security firm Coveware.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Kaspersky researchers studied 174 municipal institutions and their 3,000 subset organizations that were targeted in 2019. The better approach would be to invest in proactive measures like proven security and backup solutions as well as regular security audit.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

in 2019 than ever before – 333,530 were granted, 15 percent more than in 2018, the global patent data platform IFI CLAIMS announced on Monday (Jan. Almost 50 percent of IBM’s 2019 patents related to “hot-button technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, security, blockchain and quantum computing.”.

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Accenture

MAY 30, 2019

Credit card volume and receivables continue to grow amongst the top issuing banks for the first quarter of 2019; however, the growth rate of each has been slowing compared to prior years. Issuer scorecard ($billions)—Q1 2019. The post Q1 2019: US credit card issuer snapshot appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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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. Founded in 2007 by Miles and John Perry, who serves as chief executive officer, Bluefin specializes in encryption and tokenization payment and data security. . Each $1 of fraud costs retailers $3.13. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

Although the attack occurred in 2019, the company only now revealed that an unknown number of customers had been affected by the attack. Companies doing business in California are obligated to warn the state attorney general’s office of security breach incidents involving more than 500 Californians.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

According to one security expert, the answer is, unfortunately, yes. companies should expect to see a rise in breaches in 2019, “as chronically improving malware will be deployed more aggressively on more fronts.” Ackerman also warned that another wave of ransomware is expected to hit in 2019.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Only a few months into 2019, the year is already shaping up to offer a bit of a watershed in how we pay and how we get paid. One decade draws to a close, the next one looms. The headlines may trumpet the size of multi-billion dollar deals, as Fiserv links with First Data , and FIS gathers Worldpay into its fold.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 12, 2019

Identity proofing and verification startup Diro Labs won the DEMOvation Challenge today at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 in Seattle. In addition to bragging rights, the company will receive admission to the INV Fintech Accelerator and an advertising package on Bank Innovation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

Below, Pandit sounds off on how increased support for mobile commercial card payments will not only boost convenience for corporate payers, but the added benefits of security that mobile wallets provide (and that corporates demand). We think 2019 will be a crucial year for this sector. ” Enhancing Security. ”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

billion in 2019, according to Chainalysis and The Wall Street Journal , which was a bigger figure than either of the preceding two years combined. The cost of crimes involving bitcoin and cryptocurrency hit $4.3 In 2017 and 2018, by comparison, the various schemes and fraudulent activity was $3 billion combined.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

The company was involved in deliberate deceit and had given false statements on escrow while EY was carrying out the 2019 audit of the company, which EY took to the relevant authorities, Reuters reported. billion on its books that may not exist.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2018

Payments provider Mastercard has issued a deadline for the availability of biometric authentication across its cards, stating that all customers will be able to use fingerprints or facial recognition for verification by April 2019.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

alleging the California company’s video conferencing app has security bugs. The Bloomberg report said the lawsuit comes as shareholders say these security loopholes arise as the number of app users continues to grow in the wake of COVID-19 that has much of the country working from home.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Welcome, then, to the Top Data Breaches of 2019. In data coming into the end of the year, Risk Based Security said hackers had accessed 7.9 Data compromised included email addresses, Social Security numbers and bank information. The readings are pretty grim. At a high level, the numbers are staggering. Thousands of breaches.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 2, 2019

As consumers grow more attached to mobile devices for e-commerce and payments, fraudsters are intensifying their focus on handsets with new phishing, vishing to SIM-swap tricks.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

foreign policy and national security goals to secure the global financial system and protect the United States from the threats of terrorism, human and drug trafficking, and economic damages. The post OFAC Symposium 2019 – Maximum Pressure and Who’s Feeling It appeared first on Abrigo.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 3, 2019

Bank, will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation Build 2019, this blog’s event on best practices in banking innovation. Dominic Venturo, executive vice president and chief innovation officer at U.S. Bank Innovation Build will take place November 6-7 at Atlanta’s W Hotel Downtown. Register here.)

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics are changing the digital security landscape, and a recent study found that social media networks have become a more popular way for hackers to target new victims. 22 billion: Projected over-the-top (OTT) media revenue for 2019. All this, Today In Data.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

WhatsApp, which boasts end-to-end encryption and high-level security, disclosed 12 vulnerabilities in 2019, seven of which were described as critical, according to a report by the Financial Times. Rogers added that the data “strongly suggests” that WhatsApp hadn’t been taking security of the app very seriously.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Promising as intelligence of things (IoT) solutions are, though, security has been a stumbling block. The June IoT Tracker explores the latest advancements in IoT security and new applications of smart technology. According to the tracker, the global IoT security market is expected to increase by a 35.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

Some schemes that are impractical to wage in person are simpler to perpetrate online because of a decreased security presence, the anonymity of transactions and fraudsters’ abilities to stage hundreds of attacks simultaneously. Biometric-based methods’ effectiveness varies, but all provide better security than simple passwords.

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Payments Dive

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In the 12 months ending February 2019, payment volume across the ACH network increased 7.2%, reaching over 100 million ACH payments per banking day, a first for the ACH network. In 2018 alone, ACH network volume reached nearly 23 billion payments –70 payments per person in the U.S. Account validation capabilities have not kept pace.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

Worldwide spending on information technology is expected to reach about $4 trillion in 2019, according to a report by CNBC. Those numbers come from global research and advisory firm Gartner, which also predicts that companies will spend $125 billion on cybersecurity alone in 2019. Logistics and shipping brought to their knees.

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Accenture

AUGUST 20, 2019

Amazon and SYF expanded partnership with new secured “credit builder” PLCC; Chase and Southwest expand business portfolio with new SMB card; Synchrony renewed its sales finance partnership with Suzuki. Issuer scorecard ($billions)—Q2 2019. The post Q2 2019: US credit card issuer snapshot appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

This marks the eighth major cyberattack on a cryptocurrency in 2019 and is one of the largest. The hackers were able to pass security checks completely, although the company acted quickly and halted all withdrawals once aware of the breach. Likewise, Bithumb , a South-Korean crypto exchange, confirmed the hack of $13.1 And on Jan.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

While the company’s CEO Ben Silbermann has admitted that the company would aim for an IPO in 2019, he did not give any other details. If Pinterest does go public, it will be just one of the high-profile tech companies filing an IPO in 2019. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company has chosen JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

While the company’s CEO Ben Silbermann has admitted that the company would aim for an IPO in 2019, he did not give any other details. If Pinterest does go public, it will be just one of the high-profile tech companies filing an IPO in 2019. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company has chosen JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Two researchers, Natalie Silvanovich and Samuel Groß, who work alongside Google ’s security initiative Project Zero , have found some “interactionless” malicious bugs in iOS that allow hackers to take control of an iPhone through iMessage without even making the victim engage with the texts or click a link, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In its 2019 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks survey, published last week, Protiviti surveyed 825 board members across industries and across geographic markets to understand how corporations today are preparing for the year ahead. On the whole, researchers noted, the c-suite perceives 2019 risks as greater than in years past.

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