January 08, 2014
Chase’s Prepaid Exit Affords No Simple Explanation
JPMorgan Chase's recent decision to try to sell off its government and commercial prepaid card business seems a bit surprising. After all, prepaid is among the fast-growing payment segments, so...
January 08, 2014
MasterCard’s Balfany: There’s No Silver Bullet, But Security Tools Do...
It goes without saying that the recent data breaches at some of the major U.S. retailers, including Target and Neiman Marcus, have exposed a harrowing reality in the payments space...
January 05, 2014
The Target Industry Aftershock
“And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws,” ― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things...
December 30, 2013
Looking Ahead At The Close Of 2013
To paraphrase the immortal words of Yogi Berra, predictions are really hard, especially when they’re about the future. That’s why we’ve made it our annual tradition at PYMNTS.com to round...
December 29, 2013
The Target Industry Aftershock
“And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws,” ― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things...
December 20, 2013
Target Breach’s Damage Estimates Rise
In the wake of Target’s announcement that over 40 million customers had their personal financial information compromised, new reports have emerged that suggest the retailer’s problems have only just begun....
December 09, 2013
Meet Cybercrime’s Usual Suspects
By Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) It’s easy to see why cybercriminals have the upperhand in the war on fraud: In contrast to the siloed world of enterprise businesses, cybercriminals operate...
November 19, 2013
The Top Mobile Authentication Method Revealed
Online and mobile commerce continue to be beset by issues relating to authentication, despite a variety of exciting solutions on the market. With so many options, how can businesses ensure...
June 30, 2013
Twenty-Two Banks and One Secure Cloud
How’s this for a breaking development in the world of mobile payments? The Clearing House will announce today that it will launch and operate an open platform that will make...
