The AWS & CrowdStrike Cybersecurity Accelerator is now open to cloud and artificial intelligence security startups around the world. The third annual program is accepting applications through Nov. 15 and will run for eight weeks, from Jan. 5 to March 3, 2026, according to a...
In financial services, milliseconds can make or break both transactions and relationships. The tension between speed, security and customer experience has long been the defining paradox of digital payments and their approvals. Fraud detection systems that lag by even fractions of a second risk alienating...
For years, merchants treated fraud prevention like seasonal window dressing — a necessary expense to get through the holiday rush. But this year’s PYMNTS Intelligence-Worldpay Payments Optimization Tracker, “Securing the Season: Fighting Fraud Without Losing Customers,” shows that strategy no longer works. What began as...
Microsoft said Wednesday (Oct. 29) that it is working on issues that have been causing service degradation on Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise) productivity apps and Microsoft Azure cloud computing services. On Microsoft 365, users may encounter issues when trying to access some services and...
Digital scams and economic uncertainty are both rising, and that’s forcing a rethink of what protection means. “Protection in this day and age has evolved quite a bit. It’s gone from protecting devices through antivirus to protecting your privacy, your data, and protecting you from...
The holiday season is the most lucrative and perilous time of the year for retailers. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Securing the Season: Fighting Fraud Without Losing Customers,” a collaboration with Worldpay, suggests that the real story isn’t just about stopping fraudsters during the fourth-quarter rush....
Mastercard has introduced a threat intelligence solution designed to help cybersecurity and fraud teams at issuing and acquiring banks combat payment fraud. The Mastercard Threat Intelligence solution combines Mastercard’s fraud insights and global network visibility with the Recorded Future platform’s curated cyber threat intelligence, Mastercard...
Banking giant HSBC turned to ValidiFi and its account validation and risk detection solutions. These solutions will help improve the integrity of bank accounts used to pay credit card balances, according to a Monday (Oct. 27) news release. The partnership will employ ValidiFi’s data intelligence...
Watch more: What’s Next In Payments: Mastercard, Mark Barnett As the global economy edges into the final quarter of 2025, business leaders are bracing for an “October surprise.” Traditionally, the term evokes late-stage political or market shocks, but for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the...