July 21, 2016
130 Cicis Locations Involved In Credit Card Breach
Fast-casual restaurants are supposed to offer the perfect blend of comfort and convenience to their diners. The problem is they’re not supposed to make things that easy for hackers going...
July 20, 2016
FBI Pinpoints ‘Ground Zero’ For Supplier Email Scams
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been targeting the Business Email Compromise for years, warning companies to be aware of fake supplier emails and invoices requesting firms to wire funds. A new...
July 19, 2016
US: EMC Shareholders approve merger with Dell
EMC Corp. shareholders Tuesday approved Dell’s $60 billion offer, in what would be the largest technology merger ever. The newly combined entity, to be named Dell Technologies, aims to be...
July 19, 2016
RNC Prepares For Denial-Of-Service Attack Attempts
The Republican National Convention, which kicked off on Monday (July 18), is likely to be as unusual as the election season has been so far. But one thing that’s true...
July 18, 2016
Bain Warns Of $150B Missed Opportunity For Banks
Financial institutions that don’t accelerate their implementation of blockchain technology are exposing themselves to the threat of falling behind the competition, according to a new analysis from Bain. The consulting...
July 15, 2016
Pokemon The Surprise Retail Sizzle Of The Summer?
Some weeks, there’s just more clouds than sun, and this week is one of them. We found one gigundo sizzle and three moderately-sized fizzles. We’ll let you decide whether our...
July 15, 2016
Startups Protecting The Enterprise On All Fronts
B2B FinTech startups struck out this week, but that doesn’t mean venture capitalists ignored the B2B startup space altogether. This week was largely about the companies that are helping businesses...
July 14, 2016
Did The FDIC Cover Up A Chinese Hack?
According to a new Congressional Report, there is bad news, worse news and worst news when it comes to the cyber-security situation at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The bad...
July 14, 2016
Cybersecurity Firm Bay Dynamics Nabs $23M
Cyberrisk analytics company Bay Dynamics announced on Wednesday (July 13) that it secured $23 million in a Series B funding round, led by Carrick Capital Partners. The new capital will...
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.