As commerce goes global and mobile so does cybercrime. ThreatMetrix found that risk is growing across retail and finance, among other industries, and especially as cross-border transactions take off. Here are the details on the trouble spots – and just how cyber criminals are targeting...
What separates a strategic blunder from a corporate breakthrough? Underestimating the potential of new ideas that look “different” yet force sweeping changes to the payments ecosystem. That, and other reflections on a day in the life of TNS EVP and Chief Strategy Officer Lisa Shipley...
Prepaid cards are making inroads into the corporate payments landscape, especially across Europe. Here’s how one CEO sees technology helping to drive further adoption and real time reporting.
Why do retailers keep shoveling promotions to consumers when only 18 percent of them consider them critical drivers of their purchase decisions? That’s just one of the insights from a new MasterCard report on what motivates the “omnishopper” to shop and buy. Want to get...
A security flaw found in messaging app WhatsApp is putting a significant chunk of its 900 million monthly active user base at risk of malware exposure. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
While a slowing Chinese economy has turned out to be hard on steelmakers and auto manufacturers, it is also shaping up to be a drag on the heretofore always expanding Alibaba Group. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Struggling U.S. fashion brand American Apparel has faced late supplier payment controversy in the past, but this week those hurdles compounded for the retailer. Reports published Monday (Sept. 7) said American Apparel has been hit with a lawsuit by one of its fabric suppliers, The...
Bitcoin has made waves in the financial services markets in seemingly countless ways. Once a cryptic mode of payment for cybercriminals and black market deals, the virtual currency is now catching on as a legitimate way to ease payments friction, whether it be through faster...
Telecommunications firm Safaricom, based in Kenya, has played a significant role in pulling the number of unbanked and underbanked citizens into the world of financial services. The largest way it has done this is through its partnership with Vodafone, which introduced the M-Pesa mobile payments...
