PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. PYMNTS breaks down the $24 million in venture capital raised. Back in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

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. Why Pandemic-Driven Online Payment Spikes Are Pushing Middle Eastern Regulators To Confront Privacy Questions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

The January Navigating Nonprofits’ Digital Payments Shift Report examines how nonprofits are turning to digital payment methods, virtual fundraisers and other tools to keep their contributions coming in. Around The Nonprofit Payments Space. Read the full story in the Report. Read more in the Report. About The Report.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

That’s what led him to Goodworld, an online platform that removes the friction from digital donations, making them possible (and secure) by using hashtags. Payments Facilitator. When asked to explain the Goodworld model, Gossart told Webster that “we are a social payments platform, but really a payments facilitator.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Fraud protection specialist Kount and Philadelphia-based payments platform FreedomPay are teaming up to offer “an integrated, complete solution to enable international expansion with fraud-free payments and frictionless customer” experiences. Today, they’re pretty much everywhere.”.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 4, 2023

Although yet to be considered mainstream by most, cryptocurrency as an investment and payment method has become more commonplace. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) states that crypto is becoming the preferred payment method for many types of scams—and not just on the dark web, where crypto is used to fund illegal activity. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Those efforts have reduced the threat of fraud at physical payment terminals, but many consumers are now shifting to shopping digitally. Shoppers who make payments using digital wallets are protected by tokenization , which gives merchants one-time identifier codes to verify transactions rather than card details.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Continuing its development of financial technologies on its platform, social media firm Facebook has joined a Visa program that enables the network to access its Token Service for payments, Visa announced today.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Keeping your money in a bank is common sense at this point, but online banking is – unfortunately – not something many people have grown accustomed to, yet. There are many benefits to explore in this area, and it’s not a bad idea to check out what some online banking services can do for you […].

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The State Bank of Vietnam granted FinTech startup GPay a 10-year license to provide intermediary payment services in the country — electronic payment portals, payment services, digital money transfer services and eWallet services. The G-Group ecosystem includes Vietnam’s social media network Gapo and P2P lending platform Tima.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

The more connected devices consumers have, the more concerned they are about the security of their financial information. But half had also purchased something online in that same time, showing that the way people shop is shifting. Nearly 80 percent of respondents had made a purchase in a physical store within the last week.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

As reported in this space , the DSA and DMA cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms. The proposal also mandates more disclosure on "online advertising and on the algorithms used to recommend content to users.". The seeming intent across the pond to reign in Big Tech’s scope also is echoed in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Payment and commerce fraudsters are becoming terrifyingly sophisticated. They are able to use cutting-edge technology, black-market websites and top-level, nimble and well-secured global networks to work their craft. We have to accept some part of that [friction] for the online world. OK, enough of the generalities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

Even in the quiet seasons, the online travel market is susceptible to the trade winds, and they don’t always blow in agents’ favor. But what hurts a business (especially a small one) more than an October snowstorm is when online fraudsters use CNP transactions to steal their services. The End of Excessive Card Surcharges.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

Across the European Union (EU), technology providers and social media platforms are increasingly playing a bigger role in the Open Banking ecosystem. At the same time, however, many players, like Facebook and Google , are squaring off against regulators that are looking at their data and payment policies with more scrutiny.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Pharmaceuticals supply chain security expert Amy Shortman reportedly told the Financial Times: “There will always be a market for people who wouldn't necessarily have access to that medicine and wanted to protect themselves and their families.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2016

With it, teachers can send invitations to events, which parents can respond to online, on the app or via text. The feature even lets teachers send invitations to people who don’t have a Remind account by sharing the activity link in an email, on the teacher’s website or via social media posts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2017

Security in the digital age is a goal for most retailers and consumers — and nearly everyone else in the business world. When it comes to personal information, especially data linked to payment accounts, the level of privacy and accuracy of security are key in keeping the retail world spinning. In other U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

12) earnings call, Martin Lau, Tencent president, told analysts that the proposed new laws will not overly affect its online entertainment and gaming business. Its business units span social media, video streaming, digital payments and wealth management. On a Thursday (Nov. billion, fueled by the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Eateries are turning to online and mobile ordering as well as delivery to stay afloat, with online order volume from food chains spiking by 225 percent since the pandemic began. These scams consist of fraudsters placing ads for discounted food on social media and asking consumers to pay them directly.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As consumers turn to more digital, rather than customer-present interactions, it changed a lot of the ways consumers are interacting with payment systems,” Ragan told PYMNTS. We’re seeing a significant uptick in social engineering activity,” Ragan added. At The Consumer Level.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In today’s top news, Chinese authorities have made several arrests alleging cybercriminals laundered $2 billion through faux eCommerce purchases, and Square announced the launch of two real-time payment features. The alleged cybercriminals made the online purchases while the same sum was then credited to their gambling account.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

billion digital records in the United States were compromised during the first half of 2018 – 291 records every second – with only six social media breaches accounting for more than half of all at-risk data. The Drawbacks of Complex Security. AI Solutions for Balancing Security and Convenience. More than 4.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

The federal agency has accused the social media platform of violating a privacy consent decree from 2011. The FTC could also subject the social media giant to tougher checkups to prove it is complying with the settlement. So far, the largest fine the agency has imposed on a tech company was the $22.5 Privacy Push.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In search of added convenience and simplicity, banking customers are migrating to online and mobile banking interfaces, leaving in-person visits to brick-and-mortar branches behind. Elsewhere in the space, FIs are seemingly more focused on social media integrations. Around The Digital Banking World.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 26, 2017

As Facebook users increasingly deal with personal and payment data, the social media giant is turning to the Security Keys standard hosted through the Faster Identity Online Alliance for stronger authentication.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

A security researcher has discovered that hundreds of millions of private chat logs from Chinese users were exposed on the internet. The database could be accessed online by anyone who searched for its IP address, and exposed photographs, addresses and locations. It’s worrisome that these things appear online so easily.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. consumers were aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, with the incident resulting in 57 percent of those consumers reporting they are more concerned about data privacy and security.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2018

Royal Bank of Canada and Facebook today offered differing versions of why the social media company continued to give the bank extraordinary access to customer data after Facebook said publicly that it would stop doing so. RBC said Facebook allowed it access in order to “wind down” a payments app it first unveiled in 2013. […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Online or in the real world, while shopping for goods or ordering food , consumers’ favorite experiences seem to be the ones they can self-direct. Data: 96 percent: Share of social media-based merchants that attribute their success to digital payments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

BigCommerce , which works in software for online business operations, saw its value rise by 292 percent after an initial public offering (IPO) for $216 million was priced above a target range, according to a report by Bloomberg. exchange for a company raising at least $100 million, according to Bloomberg’s data. 4) for $24 each.

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The Paypers

JULY 22, 2016

(The Paypers) A report from payment processing company Worldpay has explored how social media activities could be used as a powerful tool for identity verification and fraud prevention.

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Accenture

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Based on this survey of over 2,000 consumers, it’s clear that online retailers, tech firms and social-media players face an uphill battle to convince consumers to allow them access to their financial data. Trust in online platforms and social-media companies as providers of payments services is low.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2020

Canada, the Middle East, Europe and South America, customers trying to buy fresh fruit and vegetables online through the marketplace can now use blockchain-based shipment and B2B technology. E-FRESCO , a fresh fruit virtual market, is introducing blockchain capabilities to help sustain cross-border needs, according to a report. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

As diehard baseball geeks pout about having to share TV time with another major sport, and most of the country goes into New England Patriot-hating mode, the digital payments and commerce industry gets pretty optimistic – and even excited. That’s because every NFL season promises to bring advances in payments. Biometric Plays.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2019

Corporations must work to retain their trust, lest they lose customers to more secure competitors. In the June Digital Fraud Tracker™ , PYMNTS explores phishing attempts, dark web marketplaces and how technologies like biometrics and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the digital security landscape. About the Tracker.

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