December 13, 2018
Whitepages Pro CEO: Fraud 3.0 And Why Merchants Are Unprepared

Computing power is dirt cheap, thanks to cloud infrastructure. Jurisdiction is always a few steps behind, though — who is really going to bust down the door at a server...

December 12, 2018
Five At Five: The ‘Amazon Effect’ And Hiring

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest data about how Amazon impacts local hiring, and how Facebook...

December 12, 2018
FCA: UK Banks Face Cybersecurity Risks

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the U.K. watchdog, released the findings of a study Wednesday (Dec. 12) showing that boards and management committees at companies don’t have an understanding of...

December 12, 2018
Amid GDPR Probe, Mobike To Sell Europe Branch

Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike might be looking to spin off its European arm after it was revealed that it’s being investigated for possible breach of the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection...

December 10, 2018
China’s Mobike Investigated Over GDPR

Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike is being investigated by German regulators for potentially being in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In a statement to the Financial Times,...

December 07, 2018
Kathy Kraninger Confirmed As New BCFP Head

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Kathleen Kraninger as the new Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP). “NAFCU is consistently engaged with the bureau on issues critical to...

December 07, 2018
What An Alleged NSA Hack Reveals About Payments Cybersecurity

Not to ruin your holiday spirit, but let’s start this story with the cold and brutal truth: One of the largest risks that payments and commerce operators face in 2019...

December 04, 2018
Marriott Breach: Why The Worst May Be Yet To Come

Let’s try this a different way, if only to make a vital point with insincerity. We must give credit to the criminals who engineered the recently disclosed data breach that...

December 03, 2018
Draft Guidelines Clarify GDPR Scope

As GDPR continues to take root, having an impact in Europe and beyond the confines of the continent, news came late last month that the European Data Protection Board has...