Legal & Regulation

Cybersecurity
Supervalu Breach Triggers Lawsuit
August 21, 2014

In the wake of the payments-related data breach at the Supervalu grocery chain, the company has been hit with a class-action lawsuit, Bank Info Security reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Cybersecurity
Banks Step-Up Anti-Money Laundering Efforts
August 19, 2014

The number of jobs on banks’ anti-money laundering teams is up 54 percent in 2014 year-to-year in the U.K. following a string a scandal and heavy fines for British Banks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Legal & Regulation
FAA Says Planesharing Deals Won’t Fly
August 18, 2014

Intrepid travelers longing for the days when they can hop a flight Uber-style—powered only by their cell phone and a spontaneous nature—likely have some more yearning time ahead of them. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

CFPB Warns Of Virtual Currency Dangers
August 18, 2014

There’s no question that virtual currencies such as Bitcoin have traditional payments regulators upset, given the relative transaction anonymity they bring to the table. Moreover, they continue to be a risky venture for consumers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau noted earlier this week, the first...

Uber Shrugs Off Berlin Ban
August 15, 2014

In what will likely go down as one of the more appropriately metal moves of a ridesharing service, the ridesharing service Uber has roundly declare “Nein!” to Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Alternative Credit
Braintree Looking Into Bitcoin
August 15, 2014

EBay has been in talks to accept Bitcoin through its Braintree unit, according to a report Thursday (Aug. 14) in The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Cross-border Payments
Uber: Innovate By Payment, Getting Beaten Up By Payment
August 14, 2014

Worried about new age cab competitor Uber, a group of taxi firms in India are trying a creative legal attack on Uber and it all revolves around payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Cybersecurity
New PCI Third-Party Guidance: No More Out-of-Sight-Out-of-Mind
August 13, 2014

The PCI Council, which rules payment-card security, just issued new guidelines for how to outsource payments-related work to third parties. The message: You can't just hand off security and forget about it.

Cybersecurity
Urban Outfitters’ Security Chief Says It’s Best To Keep Breaches A Secret
August 12, 2014

Publicly, all retailers have—historically—said that data breach disclosures need to happen quickly and publicly. Privately, though, IT and security specialists have long questioned the point of such disclosures, especially the early ones. The initial reports are almost always wrong, shoppers can't do anything useful with...