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What card issuers need to know about 3DS

Payments Dive

Card programs can increase purchase authorization rates without taking on undue fraud-liability risk with 3-D Secure (3DS). Here’s what it is and how card issuers can leverage it.

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Synchrony Bank Lands CFPB OK For Dual Secured, Unsecured Credit Cards

PYMNTS

Synchrony Bank will be able to offer a combination secured/unsecured credit card under a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau order posted Wednesday (Dec. Like other secured card offerings, the DFCC offers such consumers the opportunity to improve or establish their credit profile.".

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Security Demands Spur Virtual Debit Card Adoption

PYMNTS

More consumers than ever are turning to online shopping channels to meet their needs during the pandemic, but many are also aware that cybercriminals are looking to capitalize on this stepped-up online activity to steal their card data. Firms are also prioritizing security as they transact online more heavily as well.

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New Cloud-Based Card-Issuing System Aims To Standardize Payments Security

PYMNTS

19) announced that its Sigma Instant Desktop Issuance product will set “the standard for simple, secure and smart instant-ID solutions across enterprise, healthcare, government, higher education and financial institutions (FIs)." The Entrust website describes the company as “the leader in credit card production systems.”

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The Importance of PCI Compliance and Data Ownership When Issuing Payment Cards

This eBook provides a practical explanation of the different PCI compliance approaches that payment card issuers can adopt, as well as the importance of both protecting user PII and gaining ownership and portability of their sensitive data.

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New Data: Twice As Many Online Shoppers Believe Credit Cards Are More Secure Than Debit Cards

PYMNTS

One of the more notable differences is their tendency to favor credit cards online and other options such as digital wallets over debit cards. PYMNTS’ latest research report, Online Security And The Debit-Credit Divide , a PYMNTS collaboration with Elan based on a survey of 2,466 U.S. The report finds that 45 percent of U.S.

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Amazon launches secured card for underbanked customers

Bank Innovation

Amazon has added a secured credit card to its suite of financial services offerings today, the latest effort to entice underbanked and low-income customers to shop with the e-tailing giant.

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