While the movie “The Interview” — the gross-out comedy that apparently triggered a massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures by North Korea — earned $15 million in its first weekend of online distribution, there’s been another “Interview”-related payday as well: A mobile app pretending to download the...
Apple Pay, ATMs and even traditional B2B financial-transfer systems will be the top targets of a new wave of payments-oriented cyberattacks in 2015, according to predictions by security vendor Kaspersky Labs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Chevron has announced via Twitter that it will be working with Apple Pay to make it possible for customers to use their smart devices to purchase gas at the pump as well as other gas station goods. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Should the history of beacon technology ever be written, 2014 runs a good chance of being anointed “Year 1.” Though they came into our psyche in the Fall of 2013 when Apple made them a household word (and ecosystem), elementally beacons are small, low-cost pieces...
The establishment of a new Target online distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee, has experts buzzing about the rise of e-commerce in the region. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
In 2014, it became clear that consumer shopping norms and habits were being disrupted more than ever before due to the rapid adoption of technologies. Retailers therefore began to actively search for and implement strategies to ensure the future of their businesses. For some, that...
A report released this month by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says loopholes in the Military Lending Act, passed in 2006, allow lenders to bypass some borrow protections and charge outrageous interest rates for military borrowers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Data is only as good as the insights that can been drawn from it. And those are only as good as the analytics dashboards that make those insights easy to access and then action. That’s, says Paul Bridgewater, TSYS’ Head of Global Product and Strategic...
Apple is in discussions with at least one major U.K. bank to introduce its “wave and pay” Apple Pay technology in the U.K. in the first half of the new year, but reports say the process has troubled by speed bumps over terms of the...
