The mobile payments industry is defined by the companies that continue to foster innovative solutions to increasingly complex problems, and MasterCard is giving clear indications with its Masters of Code hackathon competition that it wants to lead the way forward in FinTech advancements for a...
The winter freeze might sure be slowing down the country but not the encryption debate. It is, in fact, now heating up following Senator Ron Wyden’s Medium post on data encryption. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
The FBI has identified a hacker known as “mr.grey,” as being possibly linked to the breach of 1.2 billion stolen Web credentials that were discovered in 420,000 websites, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
An as-of-yet-unknown number of Amazon accounts had to be reset yesterday (Nov. 24) when several customers got word from Amazon that their passwords may have been compromised. Messages were both sent directly to customers and posted within the Amazon message center — confirming this was...
So, what does a federal watchdog — say the CFPB — do when it wants to crack down on discrimination in lending but knows that the legitimacy of its methods for doing so will be roundly questioned? Well, it seems, in the CFPB’s case, the winning...
Why is HCE important to driving mobile payments adoption? Because it can enable a lot more than just payments - and do it securely and at scale. MPD CEO Karen Webster spoke with three Mozido executives to get a good look under HCE’s hood to...
American Express may want to reconsider the algorithm it uses to generate new card numbers. 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,...
Some people go to great lengths to secure their digital identities, spending hundreds of dollars on anti-spyware software and avoiding any site that might look the least bit suspicious. However, even the most careful users of Dell computers are learning that all their caution against...
Consumers planning to use their mobile payment apps this holiday shopping weekend might be given pause by a recent report on the security of those apps. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
