As Apple looks to the first half of next year for the first shipments of its payments-capable Apple Watch, companies look to support the device find themselves in a frustrating security conundrum. As with any brand new market, there is little immediate risk of cyber...
An academic researcher at MIT has found a way to predict the price of Bitcoins, according to an article put out Tuesday (Oct. 21) from the school’s news service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Just under half of U.S. consumers with payment cards say they would avoid shopping this holiday season at retailers who suffered data breaches in the past year, Chain Store Age reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Mobile-payments startup Mozido has collected the first $185 million of a planned $400 million round of financing led by MasterCard, the Austin Business Journal reported on Wednesday (Oct. 22). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
The day after Apple rolled out its Apple Pay payments system with fingerprint authentication, Google announced that it is adopting a different sort of hardware to replace passwords: an industry-standard USB key, according to Secure ID News. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
More than six times as many malware attacks on Android systems were registered this year than last year, according to a report released Tuesday (Oct. 21) by Kaspersky Lab and Interpol. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Intuit’s QuickBooks accounting package—popular with small businesses—has cut deals with PayPal and Square in an attempt to boost its online offering, reports VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
When retailers began accepting Apple Pay on Monday (Oct. 20), it was inevitable that there would be glitches. So far, there seems to be about 1,000 of them, most notably in the form of double-charges at various Apple Pay partner retailers for customers presenting their...
In its annual analysis of how shoppers are spending their money—literally—the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s new report shows a drop in cash usage and a continuation of the popularity of debit cards, although a shift back to credit cards was evident. As it has...
