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Next Year’s Fraud (And Solutions) List
December 21, 2015

It might be a skooch too early to start thinking about your 2016 holiday shopping, but the same might not be said about next year’s season of fraud. Jeremy Gumbley, CTO and CSO of Creditcall, breaks down what problems to look out for, as well...

Security & Fraud
Why The EU Data Privacy Law Matters To US Companies
December 21, 2015

While Europe continues to usher in its newly passed data privacy law, U.S. companies are left to figure how the change in regulation will impact its businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

International
2K Layoffs Loom For Citigroup
December 21, 2015

As Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat continues to restructure several of the bank’s businesses, nearly 2,000 employees will face layoffs starting next month. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Krispy Kreme, Coffee And The Digital Donut
December 21, 2015

“Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?” — Matt Groening, creator of “The Simpsons” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Payment Methods
Payments Gets Contextual, A Push From Google And A Miss With EMV
December 21, 2015

It is no longer “beginning to a look a lot like Christmas” so much as it looks entirely like Christmas everywhere you turn — a fact as distracting as it is festive. Something about the combination of twinkling lights, extremely discounted consumer goods and egg...

Justice Department Investigates Uber Data Breach
December 21, 2015

The U.S. Department of Justice launched a criminal investigation to find out if employees of Lyft were involved in a data breach against competitor Uber in May 2014. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

The Strangest Gift Ideas On The Internet
December 19, 2015

Well, once again, the race to the end of the holiday shopping sprint is near. The Christmas shopping season has officially less than one week left to it, and at least for the next eight days, millions of customers will descend upon the nation’s retailers...

Target Pay: Just One More Sign That MCX Is Dead
December 18, 2015

Not two weeks since we learned that the grand pappy of MCX, Walmart was launching Walmart Pay, we learn that another of its anchor tenants, Target, plans to do the same. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Merchant Innovation
High Fashion Sees Future In Online Videos
December 18, 2015

High fashion used to be able to create demand through exclusivity — invite only a few guests to a show, release only a few shipments of the next hot designs, so on and so forth. However, in the digital age, customers expect a different kind of...