December 27, 2016
Treasurers Watching FinTech Innovation To Get An Upgrade
Capital One’s Treasury Management Group is already looking ahead to how corporate treasurers will face the most modern of challenges in 2017. A new survey from the group published earlier...
December 23, 2016
The Known Unknowns Of Cybersecurity Under Trump
Amid the promises to spend on infrastructure, cut taxes, create jobs and … well, lots of other things, the incoming Trump administration also will have its hands full with cybersecurity issues. The...
December 23, 2016
A PYMNTS Letter To Santa
Dear Mr. Claus, We here at PYMNTS have hung up our stockings and strung up our lights. We set out the milk and cookies for your arrival. (There’s also some...
December 22, 2016
BullGuard Debuts Dojo, Cybersecurity Device That Detects Threats from At-Home...
Small, connected devices have quickly grown into a major security threat. But the number of these devices hitting the market is only growing, leaving plenty of opportunity for hackers. “Internet-connected...
December 22, 2016
Italian Banks Debut Response Team For Cybersecurity Issues
The Bank of Italy, the Italian Banking Association and the ABI Lab Consortium announced the creation of a new cybersecurity response team, with the aim of strengthening security for operators...
December 22, 2016
Cybersecurity Researchers To Corporates: You’re Being Naïve
Corporates large and small are “naïve” about their cybersecurity risks, according to a new report. Researchers at cybersecurity analytics company RedSeal released a survey this month that explores why businesses...
December 21, 2016
Cybersecurity Co. Engility Wins $31M Contract from US Air Force
Engility, a cybersecurity firm based in Chantilly, Virginia, announced that it was awarded a $31 million contract in support of the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Cyber Security...
December 21, 2016
Cybersecurity Threat Discovered: New ATM Malware
Trend Micro announced the discovery of a new family of ATM malware, known as Alice, that is designed solely to empty the safe of ATMs. Unlike other families of malware,...
December 19, 2016
Attempted Cyberattack Cost Turkish Bank $4M
Turkey’s Akbank financial institution was targeted by hackers via the SWIFT global money transfer system earlier this month. While the bank confirmed no customer data was compromised by the threat,...
Digital bill pay, while routine for most consumers, poses challenges such as fraud, friction and limited payment options — particularly in the utilities sector, where consumer trust is low. This edition of the “Money Mobility Tracker®,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, examines how billers and financial institutions can earn trust among consumers.
There’s no shame in asking for help. Eighty-two percent of merchants experienced a cyber or data breach in the last year, and PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 300 eCommerce executives, “Fraud Management in Online Transactions,” a collaboration with Nuvei, details merchants’ thoughts about fraud prevention, finding that outsourced methods correlate with fewer failed payments.