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AUGUST 27, 2020

Tens of thousands of stolen Fortnite accounts are being sold on the black market in a $1 billion a year trade, according to Bloomberg. The news outlet cited a report from Night Lion Security , which looks into companies' vulnerable points. If any of them match up with the game's accounts, they're sold on the black market.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Ingenico Group announced that it has partnered with Belgium ePharmacy firm Newpharma on a new payment solution for online pharmaceutical buyers. The partnership with Ingenico will allow Newpharma to tailor the payment experience to the requirements of international markets, including language, currency and preferred payment method.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

The 2020 holiday shopping season is picking up, and consumers are heading online or to reopened brick-and-mortar stores to shop and pay for gifts. 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.

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JUNE 15, 2020

The United Kingdom-based mobile commerce company recently completed the installation of the new payment option on SoftBank phones, so that customers can make purchases without having to whip out a credit card or punch in a credit card number, Bango noted in its press release. a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. “We

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Banks, businesses and consumers fundamentally altered how they interacted with each other in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic — and regulators tasked with making sure their data and payments are kept safe took notice. This is also the aim behind several regulatory changes taking place in other MENA markets, notably Egypt.

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MAY 8, 2020

Online gambling or gaming is one possible outlet, and the sector may even make it through the pandemic with less financial damage than other industries. Online Gambling Changes . The pandemic is sweeping through an already critical year for online betting. Such sites are expecting major growth in the U.S.,

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JUNE 24, 2020

Drilling down into Adfone’s core market — prepaid mobile phone users — Boroff said “many people in the U.S. In reference to data and security concerns, he said that the platform is strictly opt in, and that users share their preferences across a range of topics, such as sports, restaurants and cars as they are onboarded.

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JULY 5, 2018

The company gained a higher profile on Thursday (July 5) via an article about it in The New York Times , and that is all but certain to inject fresh energy into the ongoing debates about consumer privacy and data security. Consumer use of smartphone and mobile apps also lead to more precise marketing messages, of course.

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MARCH 31, 2017

Global online discount apparel marketplace ZAFUL, based in China, recently announced new upgrades to its payment protocols and SSL checkouts to boost the security of its eCommerce system and grow confidentiality for its individual shoppers. These new upgrades make it easier to shop and also offer more payment options.”.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The pandemic has exposed the pain points of all verticals when it comes to payments, and especially when it comes to transacting in person, in a tactile environment, with cash, and where banking conduits are limited. Those benefits can extend to users in the form of cost savings tied to payments and processing, or speedier processing times.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

K-eCommerce has announced the launch of two new cloud-based payment solutions: Payment Extension and Payment Portal. The provider of eCommerce and payment solutions integrated to Microsoft Dynamics made the announcement at this week’s User Group Summit North America. It did not release the name of the company.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

According to the 2016 American Express Digital Payments Security Survey , 70 percent of U.S. Those sales could be higher if payments fraud weren’t quite so prevalent a concern. Nearly half — 48 percent — of consumers who shopped online in the past year have experienced payment fraud. The not-so-good news?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Fraud could cost the market more than $25 billion this year, and approximately 20 percent of attempted travel-related transactions are confirmed to be fraudulent. Dallas-based busing line Greyhound is all too familiar with such problems, prompting it to implement advanced learning technologies to secure ticketing.

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JANUARY 19, 2020

Mumbai, India-based online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace Beldara is planning a global expansion to link more international suppliers with overseas buyers, reports said on Thursday (Jan. billion in technology startup funding last year, a new record for the market, and almost $4 billion higher than it saw in 2018.

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APRIL 30, 2020

The startup Flutterwave , which picked up $35 million last year in venture funding, has launched an online portal that will enable African businesses to set up online shops. The company said it would focus on making it easier for African businesses to make payments to other companies, both on the continent and elsewhere.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For The OLB Group, that meant the recently announced integration of billing and payment gateway functionality within QuickBooks. The company has connected its SecurePay payment gateway solution within the accounting platform, allowing for SMBs to generate invoices and receive payment without having to leave QuickBooks.

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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. That delay appears to be intended to drive up the data’s prices.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

European tech firm SIA is forming a technological partnership with German software innovator INFORM to launch a digital service to speed up the authentication process for online payments across Europe. The fraud-fighting infrastructure uses an innovative scoring engine to analyze risks in real time for all payments.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

George Ruan and Ryan Hudson, the co-founders of online coupon service Honey, received a pre-tax haul of $1.5 Honey is a service that automatically searches for coupon codes when a person is checking out online. The acquisition is the largest ever for PayPal, and it gives the payment company access to customer data on buying habits.

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JULY 31, 2018

Zillow , the online real estate company, announced on Tuesday (July 31) that it has rolled out new tools to help time-strapped renters get a competitive edge in the rental process and to help landlords avoid the time and hassle it takes to screen potential tenants.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Brazil’s Central Bank has suspended WhatsApp’s payment feature in the country, citing antitrust concerns, according to Bloomberg on Tuesday (June 23). Mastercard and Visa have been requested to stop payments and money transfer services through the app in Brazil as well, the bank said.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Payment service provider PayFort , which is based in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has changed its name to Amazon Payment Services, a letter from Managing Director Omar Soudodi stated, and it will now offer installment payments.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This week's roundup of the convergence of accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) takes a look at how B2B payments solution providers are considering both buyers and suppliers as a result of the pandemic. Versapay Eases Payment Pain With AR Tool. NexusPayments Tackles Real Estate Supplier Adoption.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Payments technology startup Shift4 Payments has acquired eCommerce firm 3dcart to create a global, “unified commerce ecosystem,” the company announced in a Thursday (Nov. Shift4 Payments services businesses with its suite of multichannel payment products. “We 5) press release. “We

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JANUARY 14, 2019

PayPal appointed Allison Johnson , a marketing veteran with over two decades of experience in her field, as the company’s new executive VP and chief marketing officer (CMO) on Monday (Jan. I was an early convert to PayPal’s vision of fast, secure online payments. 14), according to a release by the company.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Xinhua News reports that consumers in China’s third-party mobile payment market spent a total of $3.46 trillion (23 trillion yuan) in mobile transactions during the second quarter of 2017 alone. This represents a 22.5% increase from the first quarter of this year.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

As has historically been the case with commerce security upgrades that roll in by government mandate, the path to European Union adoption of 3D Secure 2.0 That’s a path that McCutcheon said will have challenges, but perhaps fewer than we’ve seen in the recent history of security upgrades. also known as “3DS 2.0” Why 3DS 2.0

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Stripe is acquiring Paystack , a company that says it processes more than half of online payments in Nigeria. More than 60,000 businesses in Nigeria and Ghana use Paystack to securely collect online and offline payments, launch new business models, and deepen customer relationships.

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MAY 8, 2020

And where consumers go, businesses are following — including companies that have never (or barely) transacted online before, and those that have but never at the scale they are currently being called to provide. Retailers, merchants are realizing they can actively utilize those channels because for a lot of them it’s survival.

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APRIL 3, 2019

With many consumers now using online and mobile banking, there is a huge opportunity to incorporate blockchain solutions into the everyday payments experience, writes Andre Stoorvogel, director of product marketing for Rambus Payments.

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MAY 31, 2017

Visa announced Tuesday (May 30) that it is rolling out enhancements to its Verified by Visa service, a global solution designed to make online purchases more secure by helping ensure payments are made by the rightful owner of the Visa account. According to Visa, the technology behind 3-D Secure 2.0

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Entering global markets is not easy for SaaS providers, who need to launch compelling products, promote them through robust global marketing campaigns and also provide convenient, locally tailored payment experiences. Supplying Emerging Markets’ Local Payment Methods . Fighting Churn in Emerging Markets .

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

There are many ways to mark the massive shift to digital that’s happened in the past six months, from baby boomers who’ve moved online after favoring real-world shopping to merchants who’ve made a hard shift toward digital and omnichannel. She said a “trust halo” that surrounds the payment product often acts as a boost for other brands.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Cequence Security. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California. Contrast Security.

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JULY 16, 2020

Online learning is likely to become even more prevalent in the months ahead, with many summer camps canceled and questions remaining about how schools will reopen in the fall. A Market Poised For Pandemic-Driven Growth. The global market for online learning services was projected to grow 28.6

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APRIL 19, 2019

Electronic payments company Hypur, which targets the cannabis and hemp industries, has unveiled its online electronic payment solution for transactions within the hemp and CBD community. The company’s payment solution ensures secure and compliant transactions without relying on offshore processors, it said.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Payment protection platform Verifi has partnered with digital fraud protection firm Kount Inc. to provide its dispute management solutions to the latter’s security platform. Integrating Verifi’s solutions will allow Kount’s fraud prevention and identity platform to offer restaurants and businesses near-instant payment protection.

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