November 17, 2016
Consumers Value Their Social Media But Put Security Onus On...
Social media has taken on a life of its own — so much so that a new survey finds a lot of consumers value their life online at $100,000 to...
November 17, 2016
Christmas Come Early Edition: Apple Is Giving, Samsung Is Sharing...
It’s fair to say that finally there’s a consensus — mobile payments in-store has not lived up to its hype. Plastic still reigns as the preferred payments choice for consumers...
November 15, 2016
Uber Counts Russian Bank As Investor
Here’s something that may not be widely known about ride-hailing app startup Uber: It has investors that are Russian. That’s according to TechCrunch, which reported Sberbank, the Russian bank, has invested...
November 15, 2016
Ant Financial, Singapore FinTech Partner To Secure Mobile Payments
Singapore-based V-Key, a FinTech startup that specializes in mobile security, announced its partnership with Ant Financial. Through the partnership, Ant Financial will use V-Key’s technology to safeguard transactions on Alibaba’s...
November 15, 2016
RiskIQ Scores Over $30 Million In Series C Funding
San Francisco cybersecurity company RiskIQ announced that, on Thursday (Nov. 10), it had closed $30.5 million in Series C funding. Georgian Partners led the funding round, and existing investors Summit Partners,...
November 15, 2016
Back To Basics For SME Security
Small businesses aren’t getting their cybersecurity strategies right, according to new evidence from researchers. And with consequences ranging from data theft to noncompliance penalties, the stakes are high. The National...
November 14, 2016
What’s Causing Fear, Confidence Among SMEs
Political uncertainty, economic shifts, technological disruption — they all have an impact on how a small business feels about the current market climate. Small and medium-sized businesses can be fickle when...
November 11, 2016
Does Trump’s Cybersecurity Platform Have A Leg To Stand On?
This week, Donald Trump clenched the title of president-elect of the United States. Though we may not have a clear picture of how Trump will address the country’s growing cybersecurity...
November 11, 2016
Gryphon Wi-Fi Router Designed To Block Internet Attacks
Data hacks and network infiltrations aren’t only the problem of companies around the globe. Consumers can also get hacked, which is why startups are coming up with all sorts of...
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.