September 13, 2019
Paying The Non-Compliance Price As SCA Dawns

As detailed in the latest PSD2 Tracker, tomorrow (Sept. 14) is the deadline to comply with SCA, shorthand for strong customer authentication. Many firms are likely to fall afoul of...

September 12, 2019
How Merchants Can Brace For SCA’s Looming Deadline

In only two days, banks, payment providers and merchants in the European Union will finally hit the controversial deadline for compliance with Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). As there are still...

September 06, 2019
How Sharing Economy Platforms Keep Users Secure With Authentication

The sharing economy is a two-way street that operates on trust between suppliers and customers, and that trust is even more important for high-value exchanges like home shares. A homeowner...

September 05, 2019
SCA Delay: A Payments Opportunity In Disguise?

Opportunities come in various forms and disguises, and that could be the case for payments and commerce operators when it comes to the European Union’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2)...

September 04, 2019
EU: Google accused of using “GDPR workaround”

New evidence submitted for an investigation into Google’s collection of personal data in the European Union reportedly accuses the search giant of stealthy sending your personal user data to advertisers,...

September 04, 2019
Facebook Seeks Clear Guidelines For Data Sharing

Facebook is asking global regulators to write new data sharing guidelines after the company was compelled to revamp its own approach to the issue, according to a report in the...

September 03, 2019
Senate Antitrust Panel Turns Attention To Big Tech Acquisitions, Competition

The Senate Judiciary Committee antitrust panel is going to meet this month to look into issues surrounding Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google, and investigate antitrust concerns surrounding their...

August 21, 2019
EU: Top data protection regulator dies

Europe’s data protection supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli, has died. His passing, at age 62, was announced by his office Wednesday, August 21 — which wrote: “It is with the deepest regret...

August 21, 2019
Giovanno Buttarelli, EU’s Data Protection Supervisor, Dies At 62

The top data protection supervisor in Europe has passed away at the age of 62, according to reports. Giovanno Buttarelli’s death was announced by his office. “It is with the...