October 12, 2015
Obama Retreats On Encrypted-Data Law Push
It looks as though the tech industry has gained a win in the ongoing battle over access to consumer data transmitted via smartphones and digital devices, with President Barack Obama's...
October 12, 2015
Trending Today, Oct. 12: Top Payments News Of The Day
While a portion of the U.S. business world stays asleep on Columbus Day, the rest of the world is still a buzz with breaking news across the payments and commerce...
October 12, 2015
Cybercrime Costs Rising, Especially For US Firms
The results of HP/Ponemon’s latest annual report on cybercrime’s true costs found that in the U.S., real cash outlays and intangible costs are on the rise. Here’s how much time...
October 12, 2015
FBI Says PIN Needed To Make Chip Secure — Then...
The FBI was strongly in favor of chip-and-PIN cards over chip-and-signature and then, all of a sudden, apparently less so. On Thursday (Oct. 8), the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued...
October 10, 2015
What Went Wrong At Experian (And How It Could At...
As almost everyone knows, the credit rating firm Experian closed off last week with every business’ least favorite headline: They’d been breached to the tune of 15 million T-Mobile customers’...
October 09, 2015
UK Firms Out Of The Loop On Cyberattacks
In today’s age, protecting sensitive data and assets from cyberthreats is top of mind for companies around the globe. But a recent study from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows that businesses in...
October 08, 2015
Are Iranian Hackers Hiding On LinkedIn?
Beware of strangers bearing gifts — or LinkedIn invites. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Oct. 7 ) that cybersecurity experts have uncovered a “network of fake LinkedIn profiles” created...
October 08, 2015
Code42 Secures $85M To Safeguard Enterprise Data
Endpoint data protection and security firm Code42 announced it raised $85 million in Series B funding to continue expanding its endpoint protection, security, forensics and analytics services. The funding round...
October 07, 2015
Chinese-linked Hackers Suspected Of Smartphone Hijacks
A new malicious adware family is quickly spreading across Android mobile devices and China-based cybercriminals are allegedly behind the widespread attack.
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.