Digital security-services provider Gemalto has launched a machine-to-machine (M2M)-grade LTE wireless module. The Cinterion PLS8 solution offers LTE connectivity for use in a wide range of applications, the company said in a Jan. 6 press release. “Over the next few years, the industrial sector is...
2024 might feel far away, but as Market Platform Dynamics (MPD) CEO Karen Webster has illustrated, thinking one, two or even three years ahead in payments is no longer enough. Planning smart in this industry means never resting on your laurels, it means looking ahead...
Target confirmed a massive data breach on Thursday that rocked the payments world at the busiest time of the year in commerce. Initial estimates suggest the breach compromised the names, credit card numbers, debit card numbers, expiration dates and CVVs of more than 40 million...
Depending on your credit card issuer, you may have noticed something new on your plastic of late – a silver or gold metal square that wasn’t there before. What you may not know is that these smart chips are soon to become a standard in...
Despite strong setbacks in the form of regulations from major markets like China and India, bitcoiners are bullish – or as some would say, wildly optimistic – about the prospects for the alternative currency headed into 2014. How many bitcoiners believe one bitcoin will be...
Link to live trading on the various markets Bitcoin Bubble Tracker | Week 5 One thing’s for sure, bitcoin is surely one “old acquaintance” that won’t be forgot in 2014. As we closed the books on 2013, the bitcoin price recovered a bit and the...
As the last days of 2013 come to a close, payments firms across the country are busy reflecting on the experience they’ve gained to best position their strategies for the future while avoiding the issues that have dogged them in the past. Of course, payments...
Following China’s big blow, the bitcoin market is once again inching upward after Singapore chose to buck its APAC neighbor’s decision and allow trading to continue. However, bitcoin faces the loss of another huge market, as many Indian exchanges have begun shuttering their doors. With...
