For most executives, quantum computing still sits comfortably in the category of future disruption. Q-day, the moment when traditional encryption methods are rendered useless by quantum advances, is something important and inevitable, but still relatively distant. A Wednesday (March 25) report from Google is throwing...
Reddit on Thursday (March 26) began rolling out human verification requirements targeting accounts that display suspicious behavior, denoting a significant change in how major platforms respond to the accelerating infiltration of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content. According to a Thursday (March 25) report by TechCrunch, accounts...
The collapse of default trust on the internet is becoming operational, measurable, and increasingly expensive. Businesses have the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) to thank for that. But for mid-market and B2B firms that spent the last decade digitizing workflows, onboarding customers and building confidence...
Watch more: Virtual Roundtable With Trulioo’s Kiran Kumar and Mastercard’s Kurt Weiss Trust in both financial services and public consciousness has traditionally been treated as a checkpoint. A customer opened an account, submitted documents, cleared know-your-customer (KYC) reviews and, in effect, crossed the threshold. Once...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received 3 million fraud reports from consumers in 2025, and those consumers reported $15.9 billion in losses, an official told a congressional committee Wednesday (March 25). Those figures were up from 2.6 million fraud reports and $12 billion in losses...
The most damaging threat vectors of the cybersecurity landscape are presumed to be technological ones. We can thank Hollywood for that. But while enterprise security budgets increasingly favor defenses reliant on advances like automation, zero-trust architectures and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven detection, a stubborn truth persists....
Merchants fighting fraud increasingly face a strategic challenge that extends beyond blocking criminals. The real task is protecting revenue while keeping checkout smooth for legitimate customers. A new PYMNTS Intelligence report suggests the industry is beginning to solve that problem by orchestrating fraud defenses across...
Cyberattackers, increasingly state-linked criminal groups, are not merely extracting information. They are orchestrating multifaceted campaigns designed to disrupt operations, extract leverage, and erode competitive advantage. Putting an exclamation point on the emerging threats, the U.S. State Department launched the Bureau of Emerging Threats on Monday...
A scam often works because the payment happens before the victim has time to think. More than half of scam payments are made within 24 hours, according to “Financial Scams and Consumer Trust,” a November PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Block. Based on a survey...