Regulation

News
After Heartbleed Bug Only 39% of Adults in U.S. Changed Passwords
May 01, 2014

According to a study, many adults have yet to change their passwords after the security flaw.

B2B Payments
Cards, Regulation and Small Business Financing
April 30, 2014

Thirty percent of SMBs leverage business credit cards to finance their businesses. But the rules and regulations related to interest rates and APRs that protect consumers’ don’t apply to corporate cards. The result is a potentially devastating impact on the ability of SMBs to access...

Sunlot Moves to Halt Japanese Mt. Gox Liquidation
April 29, 2014

A group of investors is splitting the bitcoin community with their plan to halt the liquidation of Mt.Gox through a purchase of the bankrupt bitcoin exchange. The group, Sunlot, has received approval from its North American and European creditors for the controversial plan and is...

International
After Russian Sanctions, Putin Considering National Payments System
April 28, 2014

Putin is considering to launch a national payments system in Russia.

Mobile Commerce
How Much Is Square Really Worth?
April 28, 2014

The payments version of the rumor mill has been going full tilt about whether Square’s running out of cash, whether it’s up for sale, and how much it’s really worth. Well, MPD CEO Karen Webster has a point of view on this whole topic that...

News
Police Targeting Uber And Lyft Drivers?
April 28, 2014

It’s not easy being an innovator, as Lyft and Uber drivers in place likes Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are finding out as the police are issuing thousands of dollars in citations to “send a message.” Officers in plain cloths in Madison and Pittsburgh have used the...

Bitcoin Prices Dive on China Blockade
April 28, 2014

The price of Bitcoin took a sharp fall over the weekend, dropping from a three-day high of just over $460 per coin on Saturday to a low of about $420 per coin  in overnight trading into today, according to the PYMNTS real-time price index  The...

B2B Payments
FMCSA Proposes Rule to Allow Electronic Signatures on Documents
April 27, 2014

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a rule change so carriers can sign and maintain important documents electronically. This will codify a 2011 guidance in which the agency gave carriers the option of using electronic signatures and storing documents electronically. This proposal  came in...

B2B Payments
Fraud Prevention, Regulatory Compliance and Risk Mitigation Tools Integrated into Global Payout, Inc
April 25, 2014

Global Payout, Inc. a program manager of B2B custom and conventional electronic payment solutions for domestic, international and multinational businesses, organizations and government agencies worldwide, announced they have integrated a set of fraud prevention, regulatory compliance and risk mitigation tools to its MoneyTrac(TM) Consolidated Payment...