March 22, 2016
US: FTC Commissioner to resign and join Hogan Lovells
Julie Brill, who has served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission since April 2010, will resign her position at the end of this month. “Commissioner Brill has been...
March 22, 2016
Startup Raises $5M To Combat Blockchain Crime
Investors may be flocking to blockchain technology startups that are seeking out new ways to use the tool, but one startup just secured investment for making sure that the businesses...
March 22, 2016
Ex-NSA Director: ‘Cyberthreats As Bad As Ever’
“The threats in cyberspace are as bad as it’s ever been.” Not exactly the most comforting words coming from Gen. Keith Alexander — the former director of the NSA who served...
March 22, 2016
City Held Hostage — Via Bitcoin Ransomware
When it comes to bitcoin, the stories about ransomware seem to be nothing out of the ordinary for the mainstream news cycle. Ironically, this most recent case comes less than...
March 22, 2016
NCR Payments Application Secures First Data EMV Certification
NCR Corporation announced Monday (March 21) that its Epsilon payments application has received EMV certification from First Data. The consumer transaction technology provider said its payment service, which has supported...
March 21, 2016
Doom And Gloom In The Corporate Financial Forecast
We all know businesses need to get with the times. Banks should be updating their legacy infrastructure, corporate sales and payments should be going digital and businesses should be safeguarding...
March 17, 2016
Payments At The Edge: Day 1
What a difference a year makes, especially in payments. Innovation Project 2015’s “Innovation At The Intersections” theme was all about the direction that payments had come from, which way it...
March 16, 2016
CFOs Get A Break From Hackers
Research shows that small and medium-sized enterprises are most vulnerable to cyberattacks, but the latest findings suggest that the CFOs and money managers at these businesses are getting a little...
March 15, 2016
Are Chinese Hackers To Blame For US Ransomware Attacks?
Four security firms currently investigating the matter say “yes.” According to the cybersecurity companies, the tactics and tools used to perpetrate the growing rate of the ransomware attacks throughout the...
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.