To counter fraud as the holiday season approaches, Best Buy, Target and Walmart made changes to their gift card programs. The moves were announced by the attorneys general of Pennsylvania and New York, Reuters reported. They also come amid an initiative to take on fraudsters...
A flaw on the website of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reportedly exposed account data for an estimated 60 million users, KrebsOnSecurity reported Wednesday (November 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Goldman Sachs is being sued by an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund over what is being termed the Malaysian 1MDB scandal. The suit was filed in New York, reported the Financial Times (FT), on behalf of the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) and seeks unspecified damages...
In what it described as a “technical error,” Amazon confirmed Wednesday (Nov. 21) that some of its customer names and emails have been exposed, and the company has notified the affected users. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Experts are predicting big things for the 2018 holiday shopping rush. 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, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...
The U.S. Justice Department has accused Raul Gorrin, the owner of Globvision, the Venezuelan television channel and Seguros La Vitalicia, the insurance firm, for bribing officials in the country. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
The government of Italy was hit with a major cyberattack, violating data privacy by exposing thousands of Italian certified email accounts, including around 9,000 magistrates, as well as members of a top inter-governmental security agency. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Danske Bank whistleblower Howard Wilkinson, speaking during a public hearing at the Danish parliament Monday (Nov. 19), contended that a major European bank helped to process as much as $150 billion in suspicious payments, and noted that two U.S.-based lenders were involved. Get the Full...
Opus, the provider of global compliance and risk management solutions, announced Thursday (Nov. 15) the results of the third annual Ponemon Institute’s “Data Risk in the Third-Party Ecosystem” study, which found that 59 percent of companies surveyed said they have experienced a data breach caused...
