Between the big news about Libra and the segment-wide spin-up for Prime Day in two weeks, one might have assumed we have hit something of a lull between news events, if for no other reason than to let the big payments and commerce players catch...
In the battle against payments fraud, tokenization offers a strong arrow in the quiver. Visa announces today (June 25) that it has acquired the token and ticketing services technology of Rambus. Visa’s TS Anil, senior vice president and global head of payment products & platforms,...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Tourism Australia and Alipay’s collaboration on the Sydney City Card program. Worldline and Rambus have joined forces for a smart ticketing solution in the U.K., MoneyTO added a money...
Commerce changes slowly, then quickly. Bricks and mortar give way to clicks, and channels blur. Commerce is now online, and always on. Standards emerge, too. One standard emerging is that of Secure Remote Commerce, backed by Visa and Mastercard. Rambus CTO Chakib Bouda told Karen...
September 05, 2018
As Sam Cooke sang: “It’s been a long time comin’ … but I know a change is gonna come.” Commerce changes slowly, at a glacial pace, it seems, until — all of a sudden — things are different. Aisles give way to clicks, and cash gives way to plastic, which gives way to digital wallets … and […]
July 19, 2018
Can younger consumers do to grocery checkouts what they have purportedly done to diamonds, voice phone calls and certain chain restaurants? That’s the hope of at least one company that...
July 05, 2018
When it comes to personally identifiable information (PII), the words of Gandalf are a good rule for individuals to live by: “Keep it secret. Keep it safe.” But caution will...
November 28, 2017
Tokenization is a vanguard in the fight against card not present fraud – but is flexible enough to protect just about any store of value. Rambus VP of Strategic Business...
October 22, 2019
Visa’s announcement of a June deal to purchase the token services and ticketing arm of Rambus – previously known as Bell ID and Ecebs LTD – was finalized on Tuesday (Oct. 22), Visa said in a press release. “The acquisition strengthens Visa’s tokenization capabilities beyond card-based payments on the Visa network, to those using domestic […]
September 05, 2018
Commerce changes slowly, then quickly. Bricks and mortar give way to clicks, and channels blur. Commerce is now online, and always on. Standards emerge, too. One standard emerging is that...
July 24, 2018
Rambus, the digital security, semiconductor and IP products and services company, announced Tuesday (July 24) that Coles, the Australian retail group, has selected the Rambus Unified Payment Platform to securely power...
October 19, 2017
On Tuesday (Oct. 17), Rambus, Inc. announced news of a partnership with domestic Australian debit network eftpos. The collaboration will allow eftpos to support Apple Pay through its issued debit...
