Security & Fraud

News
Staples Confirms Malware Caused POS Breach
November 19, 2014

Staples has confirmed that tue retail payment systems at some of its stores were breached this summer, Bank Info Security reported on Tuesday (Nov. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Mobile Commerce
Five Ways to Manage M-Commerce Fraud
November 18, 2014

How’s this for a little good news this holiday shopping season. Merchants report that conversions are up, order rejections are down and fraud losses are stable – even down a smidge in the mobile and web store categories. In fact, CyberSource’s 2014-15 Online Fraud Benchmark...

A Lot Of UK White Hats Used To Be Black Hats
November 18, 2014

Although it’s hardly unusual for large companies to hire former cyberthieves—even convicted ones—to test security defenses, a U.K. study has found the effort increasingly common due to a shortage of security professionals with experience breaking into secure systems. Sometimes apparently, it really does take a...

B2B Payments
Mass Payments And The Global Marketplace
November 18, 2014

Managing the “dozens of ACH islands” that exist around the worldwide in order to pay hundreds or even thousands of payments to suppliers is typically time consuming and expensive. But that’s exactly the problem that Chen Amit, set out to solve four years ago when...

B2B Payments
What’s In A B2B E-Payment Solution?
November 17, 2014

Global provider of integrated payment solution Paymetric drives over $30 billion worth of payments, the company said in a recent interview with PYMNTS. Paymetric aims to help others accept, secure and optimize payments, expediting the order-to-cash process – but it’s not the only player in...

Mobile
A “Beacon” On Privacy Concerns
November 17, 2014

Consumer fears about beacons and privacy will evaporate as beacons become part of everyday life, panelists said at the M1 Summit conference in San Francisco on Thursday (Nov. 13), according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

News
The Newest Merchant Tool To Fight POS Fraud
November 17, 2014

The PCI Security Standards Council has done a breakdown of how recent high-profile security breaches have occurred, and how merchants of all sizes can defend against the risk of being hacked, Payment Week reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

International
Visa, MasterCard Still Struggling With China
November 17, 2014

Contrary to recent inviting signals from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, executives with MasterCard and Visa are finding it increasingly difficult to get permission to do business in China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

International
The Weird Week In Payments
November 15, 2014

“When the going gets tough, the weird go pro.” 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 form,...