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May 08, 2023
Tech CEOs Say EU Data Act Threatens Cybersecurity

Worried about cybersecurity, five European tech CEOs are seeking changes to the proposed Data Act. “Such a monumental change to established ways of doing business without proper consideration is a...


May 08, 2023
Tech CEOs: EU Data Act Threatens Cybersecurity

Worried about cybersecurity, five European tech CEOs are seeking changes to the proposed Data Act. “Such a monumental change to established ways of doing business without proper consideration is a...


May 05, 2023
Generative AI Gives Scammers More Tools and Greater Reach

In today’s digitized environment, it is becoming more complex to combat all the potential exposure points where businesses could lose money. “Fraudsters, as a general rule of thumb, tend to...


May 03, 2023
Businesses Buckle Up as Real-Time Fraud Attempts Spike 92%

Fraud is growing faster, which means organizations’ defenses need to constantly be evolving. Today’s digitized payments landscape has given bad actors an increasingly sophisticated array of tools and tactics to...


May 02, 2023
42% of Consumers Say ‘Verify Me’ Whenever They Pay for...

Security is top-of-mind for consumers as data breaches swirl across the headlines. To that end, as found in the report “Consumer Behaviors and Perceived Security Across Devices,” done in collaboration...


April 28, 2023
Fighting Faster-Payments Fraud Comes Down to Technology and Education

Fraud is top-of-mind for payment providers and the businesses and consumers they serve — for the simple reason that the cost of ignoring it is too much to bear. A...


April 26, 2023
Alphabet, Microsoft Talk Up Generative AI for Voice as New...

Speaking of generative AI — as everyone seems to be doing now — voice applications of this powerful technology are already transforming business, and consumer demand for more options in voice commerce...


April 26, 2023
Data Prevents Merchants From Falling Victim to Refund Abuse

Today’s sophisticated cyberfraud landscape requires constant vigilance by merchants against the ever-present threat of bad actors. As companies take crucial steps to update their prevention toolkits against increasingly digital and...


April 24, 2023
Token Raises $30 Million for Biometric Wearable

Token has raised $30 million in new financing to boost its wearable authentication offering. The funding, announced Monday (April 24), comes in the form of a $20 million secured note,...


Authenticated Payments
Single Sign-On Bridges The Authentication Gap Customer authentication walks a tightrope between seamlessness and security, but single sign-on (SSO) systems can bridge this gap using a single password administered by third parties like Facebook or Google. In this month’s “Authenticated Payments Report,” a PYMNTS and LoginID collaboration, Clay McDaniel, CEO of Ripl, outlines how SSO solutions can safeguard the payments process while sparing users from managing countless usernames and passwords.