PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Fraudsters have redoubled their attacks on eCommerce channels, however, making consumers more concerned about data security. Shoppers may be reluctant to hand over their card details to every online retailer, as each transaction represents another risk that consumers’ information could be exposed in a breach.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Now comes the work of embedding touchless payments anywhere and everywhere people might want them. 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. told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Contactless payments have surged in popularity over the past year, fueled by both an increased reliance on digital banking as well as the effort to contain COVID-19’s spread by preventing consumers and workers from having to touch point of sale (POS) system surfaces or handle cash. are deploying QR codes as a way of enabling these payments.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 17, 2020

Green Dot is helping consumers gain access to their stimulus payments as a part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a move that will likely prop up the company’s banking-as-a-service business. Through an existing partnership with Walmart, the Pasadena, Calif.-based

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Cautious shoppers may find comfort in debit, with fraud losses associated with the payment method declining over the past several years. This payment rail’s use is going strong in the United States, with debit card penetration reaching 78 percent in 2018. Card fraud is an ever-present threat. The solution is.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Unattended retail will be a $275 billion-a-year industry in three years. Which Mike Keegan, CEO of Transaction Network Services , said can only spell trouble for consumer adoption unless consumers are convinced that interacting with them digitally is totally secure. Here are the three data points they dug into.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

To counter fraud as the holiday season approaches, Best Buy , Target and Walmart made changes to their gift card programs. By working collaboratively with these retailers, we’ve created a way for businesses to take proactive steps to prevent scams,” New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood said in a statement.

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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

MAY 28, 2020

As retailers scramble to capture the digital shift, it’s easy for some overlooked details, such as unanswered customer complaints, to harm their brands. In payment methods, a shift to contactless is underway, and the stage is set for consumers to embrace mobile wallets more widely. consumers who have at least one contactless card.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. Samsung introduced its payments tool in 2015 with MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) technology as well as Near Field Communication (NFC), a newer technology.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

For small, mom-and-pop retailers, complex or proprietary procurement platforms simply aren't in the cards. With the pandemic accelerating businesses' digital shift , small retail buyers have shifted their buying operations to the B2B eCommerce realm, and for many, the online marketplace operates in lieu of a procurement solution.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Payment trends are expected to continue to tilt toward eCommerce through the remainder of 2020 as well, with some experts predicting that more than 2.1 trillion opportunity for eCommerce retailers. 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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Two Apple iOS 13 users took to Reddit to share some payment security issues they faced when using the tech giant’s newest iteration of its operating system, according to reports. Two users said they were trying to update their payment information when another person’s information popped up in the information box.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Online marketplaces are connecting retailers, consumers and nonprofits amid the pandemic. And online shopping and digital fraud are increasing simultaneously, but merchants can take steps to ensure that debit-based card-not-present (CNP) transactions are kept safe. consumers stating that security is important when shopping online.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

They are using everything from cash to mobile wallets to complete these transactions, requiring retailers to race to accommodate a wide variety of payment methods. She explained that consumers do not generally think much about the payments piece of the shopping experience unless it does not work.

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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. This leaves payment data vulnerable while inside the web page before it is transmitted. Each $1 of fraud costs retailers $3.13. . Getting the European Union on the path to 3D Secure 2.0

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

COVID-19 has shifted consumers away from card-based payments experiences, while P2P has accelerated a change enabling merchants to own the payments experience itself, Debbie Guerra , executive vice president of merchant and payments intelligence solutions at ACI , told PYMNTS in a recent interview. Payments Flexibility

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

How secure do you feel when it comes to payments? Two-thirds of the more than 3,000 adults surveyed said they were concerned about data security, with 38 percent of respondents believing their private information may have already been exposed. As for blaming the retailer for any number of breaches?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Nium , the global FinTech platform, announced in a press release emailed to PYMNTS that users will be able to make payments through Google Pay with its company Visa cards. The Google Pay partnership lets those cards work through many more payment terminals and options.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 8, 2020

While chip cards are becoming a mainstay at brick-and-mortar retail checkouts, gas pump payment technology lags behind. gas station owners until October of this year to upgrade pumps to accept EMV chip cards, rejecting a deadline extension request from the Merchant Advisory Group. Visa and Mastercard have given U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

8) that his office, as well as 42 other state attorney generals, have settled with Neiman Marcus over a 2013 breach of customer payment card data at 77 of the retailer’s stores. Of the cards that were breached, at least 9,200 were used for fraudulent purposes, the Maryland AG said in the press release.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Japanese payment provider PayPay said Monday (Dec. 17) that it will strengthen the security of its app after receiving several complaints from users about charges that were made in error. Several consumers noted that they didn’t have the app installed, but their credit cards were billed for purchases they never made.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Security firm Gemalto will offer biometric EMV payment cards to its bank customers using biometric company Fingerprint Cards’ T-Shape sensor and licensing its recently-launched Biometric Software Platform for payments. Gemalto’s roughly 300 digital banking […].

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. They insert or swipe their debit cards at stores’ point-of-sale (POS) devices — or key in details online — and maybe enter PINs, but the behind-the-scenes processes through which transactions are routed are kept invisible.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Card-skimming devices hidden on gas station card readers or carefully integrated into ATMs used to be especially troubling for merchants and consumers, but retailers and financial institutions (FIs) have stepped up their measures to protect physical card readers in recent years. Safeguarding Card Details.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The November/December Smarter Payments Tracker ® examines how firms are putting payroll apps and prepaid cards to use to resolve frictions for their global workforces. Around The World Of Smarter Payments. The workers can then use these cards to make retail payments in-stores and online, as well as collect cash at the ATM.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And CVS in August became the first major retailer to introduce PayPal QR code technology, which it plans to roll out in its 8,200 U.S. The report found that workers and customers have both become wary of exchanging cash and using physical cards to make purchases. consumers who were using touchless payments by July.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. But […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

RHB in Malaysia is introducing fraud protection cards with mini screens on the back that auto-generate new card verification value (CVV) numbers, according to reports. An algorithm will generate the new number for the card. Also, most of it was done when the card wasn’t even present, with either stolen PIN numbers or CVV codes.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Today it was announced that Green Dot, a leader in the prepaid space, is launching the Green Dot Platinum Visa Secured Credit Card—a credit card designed specifically to help those without credit build it, or those with low credit scores, build them up. The company floated news of this card Read More.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

They may enjoy strolling the aisles of physical retail, but many customers still want support features that enable them to quickly and easily find and buy items, through self-serve offerings and other automation technologies. The June Automated Retail Tracker charts all the latest developments and deployments of these models and more.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Digital security company Gemalto announced Wednesday (Dec. 19) that it is supplying Intesa Sanpaolo, the Italian bank, with what it said is the first Mastercard biometric contactless payment card. Consumers can tap their card to any POS terminal and then authorize the purchase with a fingerprint.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

In the age of digital payments, mobile point of sale systems (POS) are making inroads with the promise of time-saving conveniences for merchants. Retailers are becoming more interested in omnichannel offerings: The PYMNTS mPOS Tracker found that 67 percent of those surveyed listed it as a priority for this year.

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. which is a huge draw to using BNPL as a non-cash payment method. which is a huge draw to using BNPL as a non-cash payment method.

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