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December 12, 2010
Is the PIN Mightier Than the Sword in Fighting Fraud?

Introduction Nothing is more important to the future of electronic payments than maintaining consumer trust and, in particular, consumer confidence that sensitive financial information will remain secure. To preserve that...

November 23, 2010
The Evolution of eCommerce, Innovation and Competition

PYMNTS University‘s Tim Attinger writes that commerce facilitation engines have evolved from basic merchant checkout functions and simple wallets into commerce generators, identifying consumer demand and driving purchase traffic and...

November 09, 2010
Payment System Under Attack? Solutions Found in Georgia!

I spent Monday at the inaugural FinTech 2010 event in Atlanta, Georgia.  Launched recently under the auspices of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), TAG Fintech is a new society...

March 12, 2010
Perhaps It’s Time to Mothball the Mighty Mag-Stripe?

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A Martian travels to Earth and examines the U.S. payments system. He is perplexed by the dogged persistence in using a 40-year-old technology...

March 12, 2010
PCI Compliance: To Whom Are You Compliant?

A few years ago, in response to a growing number of data security breaches, the major credit card brands formed the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC). Since...

March 12, 2010
Risk & Fraud

PCI Compliance: To Whom Are You Compliant?A few years ago, in response to a growing number of data security breaches, the major credit card brands formed the Payment Card Industry...

January 05, 2010
PCIDSS and the Legal Framework for Security: An Update on...

I. Introduction Consumer risks associated with unauthorized payment card usage have largely been assumed by others within the payment card matrix, leaving consumers mostly immune from financial liability. But related...

November 23, 2009
PCI Compliance – To Whom Are You Compliant?

A few years ago, in response to a growing number of data security breaches, the major credit card brands formed the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC). Since...

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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.