Jeff Hallenbeck news and trends

Tokenization Now Seen by Merchants as Performance Optimization Play
Security & Fraud // February 16, 2024

Jeff Hallenbeck, head of payments at Forter, said tokenization, from the merchant point of view, is moving from being thought of as an operational cost to an opportunity to drive revenues. Tokenization — the act of replacing sensitive data with randomly generated, encrypted surrogate values,...

What’s Next in Payments Security: White Hats vs Black Hats, With AI as a Weapon
Security & Fraud // October 25, 2023

Jeff Hallenbeck, head of financial partnerships at Forter, told PYMNTS that as 2024 dawns, artificial intelligence (AI) will be a technological tool increasingly leveraged by fraudsters — and a tool necessary to beat them too. “In the payments security space, just as in the consumer...

Experts Say 3DS 2.0 Will Gain Ground as Commerce Relies on ‘Connected’ Data
Security & Fraud // June 28, 2023

In a world where eCommerce is king, routing traffic is a critical move. Merchants need to ensure a seamless experience that could otherwise deter customers from coming back. Moreover, payments optimization plays a crucial role in maintaining frictionless eCommerce transactions. PYMNTS hosted a wide-ranging discussion...

Why Past Is Not Prologue for Merchants and 3DS
Authentication // May 30, 2023

The conventional misconception surrounding 3DS — short for three-domain secure — the security protocol that debuted more than 20 years ago, is that it’s a “conversion killer” for online merchants. In an interview with PYMNTS, Jeff Hallenbeck, head of financial partnerships at Forter, said the...

Interviews & Exclusives
US Merchants Urged to Embrace 3DS to Fight Fraud

March 05, 2024
Jeff Hallenbeck, head of payments at Forter, noted in a recent conversation with PYMNTS that the authentication method known as three-domain secure (3DS) has had an uneven embrace by merchants across the globe.   But it should be more widely used by companies looking to battle fraudsters — particularly by U.S. merchants looking to expand beyond their […]

Tokenization Now Seen by Merchants as Performance Optimization Play

February 16, 2024
Jeff Hallenbeck, head of payments at Forter, said tokenization, from the merchant point of view, is moving from being thought of as an operational cost to an opportunity to drive...

What’s Next in Payments Security: White Hats vs Black Hats, With AI as a Weapon

October 25, 2023
Jeff Hallenbeck, head of financial partnerships at Forter, told PYMNTS that as 2024 dawns, artificial intelligence (AI) will be a technological tool increasingly leveraged by fraudsters — and a tool...

Experts Say 3DS 2.0 Will Gain Ground as Commerce Relies on ‘Connected’ Data

June 28, 2023
In a world where eCommerce is king, routing traffic is a critical move. Merchants need to ensure a seamless experience that could otherwise deter customers from coming back. Moreover, payments...