January 22, 2014
Malware Attacked At Least 6 U.S. Retailers
BlackPOS, the point-of-sale (POS)-targeting malware implicated in the most recent data-breach attack, has been discovered attacking at least six other U.S. retailers. While IntelCrawler, a cybersecurity firm, has not publicly...
January 20, 2014
Target Forms, Invests In Cyber Security Alliance
To prove to consumers that it is serious about data security, Target is planning to invest $5 million in a new cyber security alliance. The alliance, formed in conjunction with...
January 16, 2014
Build-A-Coin, The iStun And The NSA’s 21st Century Surveillance Tool
Welcome to What’s Trending In Payments – a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had to offer over the past five days. Which...
January 10, 2014
US: FCC brings on new staff
The Federal Communications Commission vowed last week to keep a close eye on the nation’s telecommunications industry as the Top Four wireless providers go head-to-head for market share. As the...
January 06, 2014
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?
Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or e-commerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...
November 27, 2013
Report: Business Cyberattacks To Worsen In 2014
A recent study concluded that businesses should expect a worsening cybersecurity environment in 2014, The Paypers reported on November 27. Ovum’s “Security 2014 Trends To Watch” report acknowledged that the...
October 08, 2013
SecureBuy Moves To Advance 3-D Secure Payer Authentication Process
eCommerce and cybersecurity solutions provider SecureBuy announced that it has developed a technology that will advance the 3-D Secure payer authentication process for sellers, according to a company press release....
September 19, 2013
SecureBuy Spurs eCommerce Innovation With New Deal
Mississippi-based payment fraud solution provider SecureBuy announced a new partnership with Demandware, a Massachusetts-based cloud commerce specialist on September 19, a press release revealed. With the partnership, SecureBuy has integrated...
September 06, 2013
Circuit Court Revives Heartland Payments Negligence Claim
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a cybersecurity negligence claim against New Jersey-based payment processor Heartland Payment Systems, a September 4 report from Main Justice revealed. 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.