July 02, 2015
Hackers Target Trump’s Luxury Properties
Real estate developer and now Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may have a lot more on his hands in the coming days. Trump’s hotel management company, the Trump Hotel Collection,...
July 02, 2015
Allegis Capital Creates $100M+ Fund To Take On Cybersecurity
Allegis Capital is $100 million closer to a new fund built to invest in cybersecurity. According to Founder and Managing Director Bob Ackerman, the fund’s target is $150 million, but the...
July 01, 2015
How Distil Battles Bots Without Bothering Buyers
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]It happens to every Internet user at least once. The day she’s asked to type a simple combination of letters and numbers into a window to...
July 01, 2015
FBI On The $4.2M Hunt For Hackers
In a digital-age twist on public enemies, the FBI is offering hefty rewards for information that leads to the arrest of five of the most wanted cybercriminals in the nation....
June 29, 2015
IoT Market May Be Worth $11 Trillion In 10 Years
The Internet of Things, in which everyday items ranging from toasters to cars to buildings and factories are all connected to the Web, could be a multitrillion dollar market over...
June 29, 2015
UK Cybersecurity Firm Gets $1.6B Value Post IPO Price
Sophos, the IT security firm, revealed the pricing of its initial public offering, bringing the total valuation of the company to £1 billion and marking one of the largest flotations...
June 24, 2015
Are Banks Scrimping On Web Security?
According to a report on CNNMoney, many of the nation’s biggest bank are using less than “best practice” methods to keep their websites safe. On the list are Capital One, JPMorgan...
June 24, 2015
Will A Single Digital EU Market Make X-Border Easier?
MPD CEO Karen Webster checks back in with Rick Barbari, Group Vice President of World Payments at Digital River, to talk cross-border commerce. In their latest discussion, they talk about...
June 22, 2015
FireEye Identifies Group Linked To Federal Hack
Cybersecurity firm FireEye has traced the roots of the massive cyberattack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) last year to an unnamed group of Chinese hackers that specialized...
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.