PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A convenient, yet secure solution could be just a few taps away, however.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Building a secure customer journey is always a bit of a balancing act. It has to be secure first and foremost, particularly when payments data is on the line. The goal of security at base is to make it hard and friction-filled for cybercriminals to ply their trade.

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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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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Higher volumes of consumers are continuing to shop online even as brick-and-mortar stores reopen. Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are following suit, reordering their products and services for a new digital normal — but unfortunately, fraudsters are tagging along. Around The Digital Onboarding Worl d.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

For more on these and other recent headlines around the subscription space, read the Tracker’s News and Trends section. How Outschool Is Taking A Flexible Approach To Meeting Demand For Online Education. Yet, devising subscription options in this space is not as simple as A-B-C.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The European Commission has signed off on new rules that they say will make it more secure for consumers purchasing goods and services from European Union members. The new rules will take effect on Jan. 13, with some of the security measures not binding until September 2019. According to a Monday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2020

Cybercrime is surging during the COVID-19 pandemic as fraudsters seize on increased online activity to steal consumers’ sensitive personal details. As much as 22 percent of consumers have now been targeted by COVID-19 digital fraud scams, driving a mounting need for new ways to mitigate digital fraud risks. Around The Digital ID World.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

ICBA’s Bank Security Institute offers critical incident response strategies to keep your physical branch location safe. And as banking processes increasingly moved online, community bankers needed to fortify their online defenses against fraud and cybercrime. In August, ICBA hosted the Bank Security Institute.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2016

According to the 2016 American Express Digital Payments Security Survey , 70 percent of U.S. merchants are experiencing an increase in sales through digital channels, which is good news. The not-so-good news? Nearly half — 48 percent — of consumers who shopped online in the past year have experienced payment fraud.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2021

In this week's news, we saw Quevos secure funding, new data on loyalty and rewards programs, and research on how nonprofits are using digital payments. Quevos recently secured an approximately $400,000 investment on the ABC TV reality show “ Shark Tank ” from the inventor of Kind Bars, Daniel Lubetzky.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2018

The saga, along with mounting concerns over “ fake news ,” are, in many ways, pushing corporate cybersecurity in a new direction, says Kevin Lee, the trust and safety architect at cybersecurity firm Sift Science. Fake news and misinformation are top of mind right now, especially in the U.S.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

In this week's news, we saw updates on COVID-19 vaccinations, “smart” grocery carts and safer real-time disbursements. Retail’s survival is now about making physical a part of an online shopping experience — and that leads to necessary conversations about the five retail realities that go beyond channels and tactics.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

Tim Horton , head of global merchant security and fraud solutions at Fiserv , told a recent PYMNTS Masterclass that online purchases have more than doubled year on year in the general retail segment, while online grocery sales have surged by 250 percent. But put the same consumer online and the story is very different.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

TSYS , a payment processing company, has suffered a ransomware attack and had some data posted online, according to a report from Krebs on Security. Krebs said the attackers have said they plan to publish more in the coming days.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

While credit is an important part of millennials’ shopping lives, this generation has unique spending priorities, particularly when it comes to online shopping — and these priorities are looming even larger since the pandemic shifted much of commerce online. consumers, that were conducted in March and September.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2020

They are places where we can put applications and connect devices,” Eva Apesteguia, director of security services customer strategy at Allot , told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Because in a world with an increasing number of device types connecting to consumer home networks, those networks need securing now more than ever.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

As shown by recent news involving the aftermath of the Equifax breach — the company reportedly is nearing a $700 million settlement for the breach, which impacted some 143 million people worldwide — online fraud defenses are in need of constant work. But so, too, could new methods of online verification.

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PYMNTS

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. In other Indian business news , Tracxn data has indicated that B2B FinTech firms saw $14.5 B2B FinTech firms overall secured more than $33.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Building on top of the open banking infrastructure, PayDirect is a new payment method that enables companies to take online payments in a highly secure way, and also pay out to customers through the same rails. I mean, how does a piece of plastic have anything to do with online?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

A new Mastercard initiative aims to improve online transaction clarity so that customers can know exactly who they purchased from, according to a press release Tuesday (Sept. This can lead to consumers contacting their banks, which could incur costs and waste time with unnecessary chargebacks.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

Millions of consumers around the globe are turning to online games during the COVID-19 pandemic, and cybercriminals are springing into action with schemes to target them. Recent data shows that thwarted attempts to get one security solution’s users to visit malicious, video game-themed websites rose 54 percent from January to April.

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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. Most online merchants rely solely on SSL/TLS to encrypt the data being sent from their websites. Getting the European Union on the path to 3D Secure 2.0 also known as 3DS 2.0

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2019

Phone numbers, email addresses, usernames and other online signifiers have become vital to digital identity verification, as the world becomes increasingly connected. Online universities have become increasingly popular among nontraditional students who need convenient and flexible class schedules.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Square is offering merchants in the beauty and wellness industry a point of sale (POS) tool that integrates appointments, payments and checkout for a streamlined, secure process. . The app-based tool gives salon customers the ability to book their appointments online and also issues reminders.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In this week's news, we saw two blockbuster IPOs, arguments and stalemates over a new stimulus bill, and new data on consumers' digital shopping trends. to advance secure, contactless transactions as stores reopen amid COVID-19 restrictions. eBay: Offline Payment Preferences Are Changing Online Habits .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of the last full work week before Christmas. BarkBox , the New York subscription upstart, is reportedly combining with Northern Star Acquisitions Corp., There aren’t many online payment providers that have successfully gone offline. Billion Valuation.

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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. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

The new Digital Identity Tracker highlights how biometrics is being embraced across a wide range of markets, including travel, financial services and enterprises. In recent weeks, several companies have banded together to develop secure, seamless authentication tools. How Citi Taps Biometrics to Enhance ‘Security Perimeter’.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Cyberattacks on banks have become seemingly inevitable, with banks and financial institutions (FIs) at risk of losing as much as $100 billion to online fraud every year. FIs hoping to win the fight against fraud are increasingly embracing new tools and technologies like machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

A partnership between The University of Oxford , Saïd Business School and Mastercard will launch an online education program to teach business leaders about the strengths and perils of the modern day internet.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Consumers can be surprisingly finicky these days when it comes to their personal identifiable data (PII), and additional security measures can strengthen trust at a critical time like this. It’s not all super high-tech either, as the humble phone call still plays a key role in proving identity. Taking Authentication To The Streets.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

a global payments provider, now accepts Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payments at grocers, allowing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase groceries online for the first time, the Wisconsin-based company announced on Tuesday (May 5). brand, is accepting online EBT payment at select locations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Consumers keep demanding a better, more convenient, seamless, secure user experience that makes their lives better. We are now using Mastercard Send , our push payments platform, to support four sub-verticals of games of chance, where you buy tickets online, sports betting and bookmaking, games of skills and fantasy sports.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

At a time when our nation’s secrets at the NSA and Homeland Security and assets at the Department of the Treasury were able to be illicitly tapped into by foreign hackers, the security and reliability of countless other online industries and enterprises have also been brought into question.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2017

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing time and again and expecting different results, then perhaps the way we pay through, and interact with, online banking may have a hint of madness, or at least complacency. And though the web may offer convenience, it offers not much in the way of security.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Omni Security and Authentication. Consumers expect to do business with their bank online seamlessly, without the hassle of complicated security checks, whether through their mobile phone, smart watch, home speaker or other connected device. Around The Security And Authentication Space. presidential election.

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