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Are Payment-Card Breaches Already Being Reported In 30 Days?
January 19, 2015

Are businesses that suffer payment-card breaches already reacting to last week’s push by the White House to speed up disclosures? For the third time in the past week, a notable breach has been publicly disclosed within 30 days. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Credit Union Regulator Will Pay For Losing Audit Data
January 19, 2015

Three months after examiners from the National Credit Union Administration lost a thumb drive containing names and account numbers of a credit union’s members during an audit, the federal regulator said it will reimburse the credit union for its costs in the breach, Bank Info...

Unmasking Dread Pirate Roberts — The Bitcoin Edition
January 17, 2015

If only Piper Chapman’s girlfriend, the protagonist in the Netflix series, “Orange is The New Black,” knew the alleged Dread Pirate Roberts and his Libertarian bitcoin Web project, Silk Road, maybe she wouldn’t have had to ask Piper to carry the suitcase full of drug money...

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Razzies, Russia and Raining On The Miners’ Parade
January 16, 2015

Bitcoin Tracker | Week 56 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 Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive...

Big Banks Bet On Mobile Transactions
January 16, 2015

How important is mobile payments for the U.S.’s biggest issuers? 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 Today. By completing this...

MasterCard Selects New Exec To Lead Global Prepaid Solutions
January 16, 2015

Effective on January 15, MasterCard has appointed Michael Fiore as group executive of Global Prepaid Solutions, according to a company release. Fiore will lead the ongoing development and execution of the company’s global prepaid strategies in his new role.

Geo-Targeting Promos Driving Online Retail Sales
January 16, 2015

How does a company that relies on teenagers for the bulk of its commerce keep sales up in an increasingly competitive fashion environment? By taking the advertising to the one thing any teenager in America can’t bear to be apart from for more than a...

New App Brings Consumers Beer At The Push of A Button
January 16, 2015

As mobile marketing and distribution matures, we can get a pretty decent glimpse of what the end goal is for companies with strong mobile marketing presences: control over all means of production, sale and distribution. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Five Steps For ‘Future-Proofing’ Retail Payment Solutions
January 16, 2015

Two of the top challenges that financial institutions must face today include needs-based and multi-channel payments. Digital business is blurring the boundaries between industries, but one big question remains: will traditional payments be one of them? In a recently debuted video, Gartner along with Alaric,...