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CyberSource And Verifone Partner To Streamline Omni-Commerce
June 03, 2015

CyberSource, a Visa company, and Verifone announced a partnership today (June 3) aimed at helping merchants streamline the purchase experience across multiple retail channels — better known as omnichannel commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

French Government Hopes To Speed Up NFC Use
June 03, 2015

Despite the fact that smartphones and bank cards are NFC-based and that new NFC driven apps are increasingly available, the technology remains rather marginal in France. The infrastructure is there without the interest, reports ZDNet in France. One hurdle is the fact that stores are ill-equipped, and...

Dunkin’ Donuts Debuts NCR Platform At Its First Brazil Location
June 03, 2015

Consumer transaction tech player NCR Corp. said Tuesday (June 2) that its payments platform is being used by Dunkin’ Donuts at its first Brazil location, according to a company release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Samsung Exec Not Threatened By Android Pay
June 03, 2015

The mobile payments space is big enough for both Google and Samsung, according to the latter company’s president/chief strategy officer. 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...

Intuit Launches QuickBooks Mobile EMV Card Reader
June 03, 2015

Ahead of the October 2015 transition to the EMV liability standards, Intuit is offering the QuickBooks Mobile EMV Card reader, currently available to small businesses via pre-order. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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UK Government raises awareness on cyber security
June 03, 2015

According to UK government research published this week, the average cost of the most severe online security breaches for a big business now starts at £1.46 million ($2.23 million)– up from £600,000 ($919 680) in 2014. With 90 percent of large organizations and 74 percent of...

Top Issuers Stalled MasterCard’s Target Breach Settlement
June 03, 2015

When news broke that MasterCard’s $19 million security breach settlement with Target had come to a halt, there wasn’t much indication as to why — except that it didn’t get the necessary support. But a Wall Street Journal report yesterday (June 2), gave a bit more...

Alibaba opens office in Russia
June 03, 2015

Alibaba is doing well. So well that its owner, Jack Ma, decided to expand to Russia, following long time rival eBay as well as Amazon, according to Forbes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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IRS Skipped Steps That May Have Prevented Breach
June 03, 2015

IRS is in the eye of the tiger, as the agency’s inspector general told Congress yesterday that the IRS failed to implement security upgrades to its computer systems, reported the Associated Press yesterday (June 2). At the end of May, the IRS announced that the data from...