December 14, 2016
Corporate Treasurers Readying A Toolkit Upgrade
Corporate treasurers may be ready to upgrade their toolkits, but they have a few key priorities in mind because they jump in on innovation trends. A new survey from Capital...
December 13, 2016
Saudi Arabian Hack Reveals Middle Eastern Cybersecurity Weaknesses
New cyberattacks in the Middle East have exposed a growing number of cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Not only have security researchers noted that hackers are targeting the region more often and with...
December 12, 2016
Who’s Helping SMEs — And Who’s Snubbing Them?
No small business is an island. SME owners need help to be successful, and that aid can come from nearly anywhere — from close friends and family members, to financial...
December 09, 2016
Hackers Take Crimeware-As-A-Service To New Heights
Botnet attacks are not only growing in popularity among hackers, but they are also delivering a new level of sophistication and danger to businesses and consumers worldwide. In this week’s...
December 09, 2016
ThyssenKrupp Trade Secrets Stolen In Massive Hack
ThyssenKrupp, the German steelmaker, disclosed Thursday (Dec. 8) that it was hacked and the bad guys stole technical trade secrets from its steel product and manufacturing plant design divisions. According...
December 08, 2016
Only One In Four Orgs Can Detect Hack, Respond To...
New research from global security and compliance solutions provider Tripwire revealed that only 25 percent of organizations have the technology needed to effectively detect and respond to a hack or...
December 08, 2016
It’s B2B FinTech’s Time To Shine For Investors
Venture capital has hit a plateau, according to some analysts. “After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower...
December 07, 2016
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Avalanche Costs Pittsburgh Business Big
The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI, along with over 40 international organizations, including Europol and Eurojust, recently dismantled a worldwide network of criminal computer...
December 07, 2016
97 Percent Of Apps Fail Apple’s Cybersecurity Mandate
New research from enterprise mobile threat protection firm Appthority revealed that only 3 percent of enterprise apps adhere to Apple’s new security mandate. As the deadline for Apple’s App Transport Security...
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.