July 18, 2018
Five At Five: The Implications Of Google’s $5 Billion Fine
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes a deeper look at Google’s high-cost headache in Europe, along with a story...
July 18, 2018
Microsoft Launches Bounty Program For Digital Identity Services
Microsoft announced on Tuesday (July 17) a new program in which it will pay hackers between $500 and $100,000 if they can break into its digital identity services. Get the...
July 18, 2018
Goldman Says It Has 1.5M Marcus Customers
Goldman Sach reported a surge in profit during the second quarter that overall exceeded Wall Street estimates, while also announcing that CEO Lloyd Blankfein will — after 12 years — hand over the position...
July 16, 2018
Facebook’s New Hire Shows It’s Serious About Building Chips
Facebook has hired Shahriar Rabii to be a vice president and its head of silicon, sending a message that it plans to build its own semiconductors. Get the Full Story...
July 13, 2018
At The Grocer, Consumers Sizzle At Self-Checkout
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July 13, 2018
Fleets Steer Dangerously Close To Cyberattack Risks
Exploding interest in smart cars and autonomous vehicles isn’t just changing the way the average consumer drives. The fleet management market is slated to see a $28.66 billion market valuation...
July 13, 2018
Amid Corporate Fraud Risks, Execs Blunting Email, Supply Chain Attacks
Amid all the headlines detailing the successful data breaches, and vulnerabilities of companies across any number of verticals, we don’t hear much about the successful efforts … to blunt those...
July 12, 2018
Canada Finance Department Assesses Cyberattack Risk
Internal analysis at Canada’s federal Department of Finance is warning of the risk of a cyberattack that could have significant effects on the entity, reports in The Globe and Mail...
July 11, 2018
Five At Five: Walmart’s New Plan To Win Over NYC
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the main payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes a description of a new, and potentially major,...
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.
Companies think their identity systems are working—until the numbers prove otherwise. “The Hidden Costs of ‘Good Enough’: Identity Verification in the Age of Bots and Agents,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Trulioo collaboration, reveals how “good enough” identity verification quietly drains $95 billion in revenue due to fraud and missed opportunities each year. In the age of bots and agents, complacency isn’t just risky—it’s expensive.