June 28, 2016
China Looks To Enact Stricter Cyber Law
China may be moving closer to making its proposed – and seemingly controversial – cybersecurity law a reality, Reuters reported on Monday (June 27). The Chinese parliament read the draft...
June 27, 2016
Will Intel Sell Its Cybersecurity Business?
Intel may be looking to shed its Intel Security business, according to a Financial Times report. While the sale of its cybersecurity unit hasn’t been confirmed by the company, the...
June 24, 2016
How SecurityScorecard Is Like The Google Of Cybersecurity
Cloud cybersecurity provider SecurityScorecard announced on Thursday (June 23) that it locked down $20 million in Series B funding. The financing round was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures) with...
June 24, 2016
National Trends Win Big With B2B Investors
The roundup of this week’s venture capital investments in B2B startups offers some insight into the geographical differences in how this space is developing. India led the competition with the...
June 23, 2016
Insider Insights: Big Banks And Managing Cybersecurity Risks
It was the cyberheist heard around the world — and one that’s been creating quite the stir since it happened in February. That cyberheist, of course, is the case of...
June 23, 2016
Bangladesh Said To Sever Ties With FireEye
After an almost four-month investigation into one of the world’s biggest bank cyberheists, which has yet to reach any major breakthroughs, Bangladesh’s central bank may choose not to renew its...
June 23, 2016
Europe A New Stomping Ground For Unicorns?
For the magical land of (sustainable) unicorns look to … the continent? The storied $1 billion valuation club, home to tech startups and other young tech firms, may find fertile...
June 23, 2016
Procurement Is Ground Zero For Cybersecurity Protection
The impact from a data breach on an enterprise can be a mixed bag. For some, like small suppliers, a compromise of sensitive data and credentials can lead to a...
June 22, 2016
Beyond US Economy, Brexit And Cyberthreats On Top Of Fed’s...
Brexit. Recession. Cyberthreats. It’s a thankless job, one assumes, being a central banker. In testimony before Congress on Tuesday (June 21), Fed Chair Janet Yellen said that the probability of a recession...
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.