A new research paper written by three academics who used to work for PayPal says that there’s one type of fraud that’s becoming increasingly common (yet widely unknown) in today’s e-commerce space: “Liar buyer fraud.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Biometric authentication technology company NXT-ID wants to bring consumers who want to pay with their phone a new, and potentially easier method to say how they want to pay: by using their voice. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Advanced Payment Solutions (APS) announced yesterday (Feb. 23) that it has teamed up with the UK Post Office to support its business and consumer account holders at the post office’s 11,500 branches — extending APS’ banking services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Online auction giant eBay is now using a real-time analytics engine to deal with personalization, fraud detection and other high-traffic functions — and it’s giving the code away, the company said in a blog post on Monday (Feb. 23). Get the Full Story Complete the...
A Silicon Valley startup called Magic, which promises to deliver anything a customer wants anywhere in the U.S. (as long as it’s legal, physically possible and not too “unusual”), has already logged 17,000 requests in its first 48 hours of operation, TechCrunch reported on Monday...
First it was Chinese authorities investigating Alibaba for letting fake and substandard goods be sold through its online marketplaces. Then the Securities and Exchange Commission wanted to know why Alibaba didn’t reveal that investigation before its record-setting, $25 billion IPO last September. Now — with...
Google has effectively acquired Softcard, the mobile payments system backed by Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, and will pay the mobile carriers to enable Google Wallet on the Android smartphones they sell, the companies announced on Monday (Feb. 23). Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Global efforts to prevent money laundering are both ineffective and incredibly expensive to maintain — and poor countries are the ones hit hardest by that cost, according to a commentary for Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
The world’s largest hotel owners’ group is partnering with the First National Bank of Omaha to launch a new credit card program aimed at B2B clients who need to manage cash flow and make major purchases on the fly. Get the Full Story Complete the...
