January 22, 2015
US Is The New Growth Market, PwC Survey Says
CEOs are less optimistic about the economy this year than last, according to a PwC survey unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week. PwC’s annual survey...
January 19, 2015
US And UK Will Stage Cyber Attacks Against Banks
The U.S. and U.K. will hold joint “cyber wargames” to improve cooperation between the two countries. But President Barack Obama stopped short of endorsing British Prime Minister David Cameron’s campaign...
January 17, 2015
Unmasking Dread Pirate Roberts — The Bitcoin Edition
If only Piper Chapman’s girlfriend, the protagonist in the Netflix series, “Orange is The New Black,” knew the alleged Dread Pirate Roberts and his Libertarian bitcoin Web project, Silk Road, maybe...
January 13, 2015
US: White House calls for info-sharing protections
The White House has called on Congress to pass legislation aimed at allowing companies to share information regarding potential security threats, a proposal aimed at increasing collaboration between firms without...
January 13, 2015
Obama Urges Security Breach Crackdown
President Barack Obama called upon Congress Monday (Jan. 12) to enact legislation intended to protect companies and consumers from cybersecurity threats like those that disrupted personal data in the breaches that...
January 09, 2015
Manhattan D.A. Says Apple-Level Security Hurts Consumers
If asked to name America’s greatest “outlaw” brand, it’s easy to imagine some familiar (and oddly similarly structured) there are probably lots of names that might slug it out for...
December 17, 2014
12 Innovators On What’s Next In 2015
NFC. HCE. EMV. “B4B” payments. What will be the next payments trend or fad? To get their perspectives on this year and predictions on next, PYMNTS talked to 12 innovators...
December 12, 2014
Senate Wants New Cybersecurity Rules
The U.S. Senate held a hearing Wednesday (Dec. 10) on cybersecurity, where witnesses told them the problem is quickly getting out of control. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., according to a...
December 11, 2014
“Destover” Malware Results from Sony Hack
Since the massive hack on Sony Pictures in November, Kaspersky Labs revealed that the malware”Destover,” is using a stolen digital certificate from Sony to possibly attack other computer systems. In other words,...
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.