December 21, 2015
Cybersecurity’s Big Market Boom Reaches $75B
The size of the global cybersecurity market continues to skyrocket — and the latest research from Forbes shows there is no signs of it slowing down anytime soon. Over the...
December 21, 2015
Banks’ Billion Dollar Battle To Fend Off Hackers
Are employees of financial institutions their biggest threat to data security? According to a recent survey released by the Association of Corporate Counsel, as many as 30 percent of all...
December 21, 2015
Why The EU Data Privacy Law Matters To US Companies
While Europe continues to usher in its newly passed data privacy law, U.S. companies are left to figure how the change in regulation will impact its businesses. The law is...
December 15, 2015
Do Retailers Know It’s Christmas?
It might not be a large enough problem to warrant assembling a supergroup to record a song and raise awareness of it, but the fact is that many retailers don’t...
December 14, 2015
Pro-Encryption Advocates Seek Capitol Hill Support
In the ongoing battle over the government’s right to access consumer data transmitted via smartphones and digital devices, privacy advocates are calling on support from the White House to fight...
December 14, 2015
New Zealand Broadcaster Falls For Invoice Scam
Television New Zealand, the state-run television broadcaster, also known as TVNZ, disclosed information Sunday (Dec. 13) about two data security breaches over the last year — one involving an invoice...
December 10, 2015
Wyndham, FTC Settle Data Breach Charges
In the latest news tied to cybercrime and settlements, Wyndham Worldwide Corp. will settle charges by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that the company did not adequately safeguard information, as...
December 10, 2015
FTC Tackles Online Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday (Dec. 8) the appointment of an Internet privacy and security expert as its new chief technologist. The Wall Street Journal reported Lorrie Cranor will...
December 09, 2015
EU Cybersecurity Law To Keep Companies In Check
EU lawmakers and member states are making a move to hold Internet firms accountable for reporting serious security breaches or else face sanctions, Reuters reported Monday (Dec. 7). The new deal,...
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.