May 29, 2014
PayPal Australia Reassures Customers After Potential Data Breach
Some Apple users in Australia have found themselves victims of a unique attack by hackers through their iPhones. According to several reports, Apple customers received a message on their iPhones,...
May 28, 2014
Data Thieves Not Satisfied With Just Payment Data Anymore
Just as companies diversify to grow and succeed, so, too, are data thieves. New research from security firm Trustwave shows how personal information such as customer records increasingly are on...
May 28, 2014
How VeriFone Helps Merchants Beat the Fraudsters
Guess what. Fraudsters don’t discriminate: small and large merchants are equally at risk. But many small merchants don’t think so and are taking a “wait and see” approach to implementing...
May 23, 2014
Three U.S. States To Probe eBay Cyberattack In Response To...
It has been a long week at eBay. Connecticut, Florida and Illinois are initiating joint probe over the circumstances that lead eBay to announce earlier this week that customers needed...
May 22, 2014
CyberSecurity Goes Collaborative
Retail leaders’ efforts to come together in the fight against cybercrime took a new turn recently with the formation of a sharing center to pool their knowledge. Their efforts were...
May 22, 2014
Target’s Credit Card Payment Rate On The Rise
A greater percentage of Target shoppers are opting to use Target’s REDcards, debit and credit card products that offer users automatic 5 percent discounts. The boost in REDcard use id...
May 20, 2014
LifeLock Pulls mWallet Over Security Concerns
LifeLock has pulled its mobile wallet after concerns surfaced that certain aspects of the app may not be fully compliant with payment card industry (PCI) security standards. The online security...
May 19, 2014
Is the EMV Journey Worth the Price?
Several reports surfaced last week that reaffirmed what we’ve all suspected – rolling out EMV in the US is going to be a long slog that will optimistically take 5...
May 16, 2014
Card Fraud Leads U.S. Consumers Security Concerns
According to the 2014 Unisys Security Index 59 percent of U.S. consumers are “extremely” or “very” concerned about having their card data stolen, which represents a 7 percent increase over 2013. Of respondents, a...
Cryptocurrency exchanges are grappling with the EU’s PSD2 as they look to craft seamless experiences for their global customer bases. In the “Authenticated Payments Report,” a PYMNTS and LoginID collaboration, Marcus Hughes, of crypto exchange Coinbase, explains how platforms must build authentication measures that satisfy consumers and evolving regulations.