MasterCard Thursday (Oct. 2) announced the launch of SafetyNet, which it said was a preemptive security system “to identify potential attacks before they start and in some cases before the bank or processor is even aware.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Digital River, a commerce-as-a-service vendor, on Wednesday (Oct. 1) said that it would support Apple Pay on its mPOS line. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Bill Gates thinks Apple Pay is a powerful move forward for the payments space and anticipates it will set in motion a wide range of positive developments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Victor Ho, the CEO of 3-year-old loyalty firm FiveStars, has become a veteran of the capital-raising game as he has built his firm to support more than 5,500 merchants and about 4 million cardholding shoppers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
North American Bancard CEO Marc Gardner is not a big fan of shopping at large national retailers, saying that he much prefers a local boutique where personalized customer service is a much higher priority. The problem is that when he looks at his PayPal mobile...
Commerce is going universal. As online, mobile and physical shopping increasingly mesh together, merchants are seizing their chance to deliver a holistic customer experience via multiple channels and mobile devices. One way to go about this strategy is by taking advantage of hyper-local commerce, according...
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The PayPal/EBay separation is a story of contradictions. eBay says that the fast pace of the payments space—and the huge recent changes (Apple Pay and Alibaba’s IPO)—require a move right away: So they’re saying that they will separate by the end of 2015. Get the...
Supervalu has discovered a second data breach—a “separate intrusion” potentially launched by a different sets of cyberthieves—that hit many of its grocery stores. The chain did, however, report a silver lining: Security upgrades from the first attack minimized damage from the second attack. But it...
