November 11, 2016
Supplier Risks And Confronting Supply Chain Unknowns
When it comes to mitigating supplier risk, even the largest corporations are sometimes flying blind. “You never know what you don’t know,” as Paul Blake, senior manager of technology product...
November 11, 2016
Banks Sizzle, CFPB Fizzles And Snapchat Turns An Old Dud...
Before we get into the the sizzles and fizzles of the week — a shout-out to the nation’s pollsters. The losing side is always surprised the morning after an election,...
November 10, 2016
After Election, FinTech Still Indecisive About Trump
The dust is settling on the American election. Admittedly a little slowly. And as the dust is settling – the questions are percolating, particularly in FinTech when the question of...
November 09, 2016
Tesco Bank Hack Could Happen To Other Small Banks
The theft of money from thousands of Tesco online banking accounts is prompting British cybersecurity experts investigating the crime to warn that other small banks may be at risk for...
November 09, 2016
The Scary Success Rate Of Corporate Cyberattacks
For some businesses, cybersecurity may be an abstract threat. Business owners may think “it won’t happen to me,” or they may be confident in their ability to remain unaffected by...
November 08, 2016
Who Raided Tesco — and How — Still Unclear
Across the U.K., the questions surrounding Tesco’s cybersecurity breach remain: Whodunit — and how? At the moment of this writing, there are precious few answers. As has been widely reported,...
November 08, 2016
China Pushes Controversial Cybersecurity Law
China passed cybersecurity legislation on Monday (Nov. 7) to combat the growing number of threats of hacking and terrorism. However, Reuters reported that the new law has generated concerns from...
November 07, 2016
Cybersecurity Predictions For 2017 In The IoT
As the digital age marches on, we have all learned that the convenience and benefits of the IoT, cloud storage and mobile devices come with a darker side. Chain Store...
November 04, 2016
Hackers Trade Identity Data Like Baseball Cards
With major data breaches on the rise, it’s no surprise cybercriminals have access to more than enough compromised data. From a person’s payment information to their mother’s maiden name, hackers...
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.