April 06, 2016
MasterCard Names President Of US Issuers
On Tuesday (April 5), MasterCard announced the appointment of Raj Seshadri as its president of U.S. issuers. In the new role, Seshadri will manage and expand the company’s bank and...
April 05, 2016
Boston Fed Takes On Cyber Risks, FinTech Competition
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren delivered a speech yesterday (April 4) at the bank’s 2016 Cybersecurity Conference highlighting the economic and cyber risks financial institutions are facing...
April 05, 2016
The DIY Approach To Retail Data Security
Retailers are busy. Can they be expected to take a hands-on approach to every security threat that emerges in the industry? Possibly not. But, as recent instances have proven, the...
April 05, 2016
Hack The Pentagon Open For (Bug) Bounty Hunters
Registration for the federal government’s premier bug bounty program is officially up and running. The pilot program will allow hackers who are cleared through a criminal background check to look...
April 04, 2016
TSYS-TransFirst Acquisition Complete
TSYS announced on Friday (April 1) that its acquisition of merchant solutions provider TransFirst is complete. The merchant businesses of both companies will be combined under the TSYS brand, thus...
April 04, 2016
SunTrust Sees Bright Days Ahead For SMB M&A
As smaller firms look for growth both here and abroad, cash may be king — as in, currency for dealmaking via mergers and acquisitions. SunTrust President John Stallings gave some...
March 31, 2016
Ushering The Digital Age In For SMBs, With Tech Giants...
The Small Business Administration is working with tech giants in the name of small business efficiency. As noted by Fortune on Thursday, the agency is linking up with Amazon, Microsoft,...
March 31, 2016
Everything Has A Price — Even Employee Work Passwords
Maybe employees aren’t as loyal when it comes to their work passwords as we’d like to believe. According to the SailPoint Market Pulse Survey, one in five employees would be...
March 30, 2016
Small Biz: Should I Stay, Or Should I Go?
A small business never rests, even within a period of economic growth and stability. SMEs can take the cash flow breathing room in lucrative times and work out their strategy...
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.