The results of a national survey released Tuesday (Oct. 21) reveal that a majority of Americans are comfortable sharing personal information, particularly when there’s rewards information to gain from sharing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Just the news we all wanted to hear: cybercrime black markets are getting to be much more efficient, well-organized and better able to profit from stolen payment data. As those efficiencies squeeze out more profits, the incentive for more large-scale cyber attacks increase. Get the...
When people think e-commerce, they think Amazon, or eBay or maybe Netflix — some provider of a digital marketplace for the purchase of goods or digital services. Hair salons — well, services don’t get more real world, brick-and-mortar-based commerce than that, right? MPD CEO Karen...
Former PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian is the lead investor in a $12 million funding round for P2P lender Payoff, becoming the latest big name from the traditional financial-services world to jump on the P2P bandwagon, Finextra reported on Wednesday (Oct. 22). Get the Full Story...
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...
