February 28, 2012
EBA Says .bank, .fin Web Domains Pose Risk
The European Banking Authority (EBA) reached out to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) this week to speak out against a few risky web domain suffixes. Suffixes...
February 24, 2012
Cybercrime Battle Basics
Click here to download a free copy the ThreatMetrix whitepaper: Cybercrime Battle Basics. You Can’t Fight the Fire from Behind the Firewall The cybersecurity war is fought on the new frontier...
February 20, 2012
PayPal Poked at Goldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs technology conference last week in San Fran sure did stir the pot around PayPal and its Point of Sale ambitions. The centerpiece of this criticism is PayPal’s...
February 15, 2012
$4.1 Billion in Healthcare Payments Fraud, Feds Say
The federal government recovered $4.1 billion in improper and fraudulent payments from government-run health care programs in the 2011 fiscal year, a new report shows. According to The Oncology Report,...
February 09, 2012
Judge sentences E-Rate defrauder to 30 months in prison
U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Barbier has sentenced Gloria Harper to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the E-Rate program through a scheme of bribes and kickbacks...
February 09, 2012
Visa Certifies Smartphones for Use as Visa Mobile Payment Devices
February 10, 2012 Visa Inc. today announced the launch of mobile services that allow financial institutions to offer their account holders the ability to monitor account history and balances, transfer...
February 09, 2012
FiTeq Introduces Dynamic Authentication Solution with Unparalleled Security and Fraud...
FiTeq Technologies announced today the launch of the first payment card that incorporates an approved EMV payment applet in combination with the FiTeq Energizer Stripe™ enabling a unique cryptogram (FiTeq...
February 08, 2012
MasterCard Establishes Relationship with Silver Tail Systems to Combat Online...
MasterCard Worldwide and Silver Tail Systems, a leading provider of web session intelligence, announced today a new exclusive relationship that will focus on leveraging and creating innovative solutions to help...
February 07, 2012
Microsoft Patent Alludes to Mobile Wallet Plans
A patent filed by tech giant Microsoft reveals the company has a digital wallet service in the works, according to a report by Tom’s Guide. Related: MasterCard and Microsoft: A...
With rising FinTech fraud and convincing deepfakes threatening their bottom lines, more than two in three FinTechs plan to expand their budgets to deploy tech that can detect true human liveness, as discussed in the latest PYMNTS “FinTech Tracker®,” a collaboration with Sezzle.
