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August 24, 2022
Whistleblower Says Twitter Mislead Investors & Regulator

Twitter executives deceived federal regulators and the company’s own board of directors about “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its defenses against hackers, as well as its meager efforts to fight spam,...


August 24, 2022
Some Reflections of a Former Competition Agency Head

After 11 years as Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in this article Rod Sims reflects on a range of antitrust issues, emphasising their importance to our economy...


August 24, 2022
The Amendment of China’s Anti-monopoly Law

On June 24, 2022, China’s legislature enacted the revision of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”), the country’s main antitrust statute.  The revised AML entered into force on August 1, 2022. In...


August 24, 2022
Looking Backwards and Forwards: What Does 25 Years of Competition...

August 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of the draft Competition Bill in August 1997. Passing into law the following year, what became the Competition Act 1998 introduced...


August 22, 2022
Indonesia Probes Data Breaches At State-Owned Firms

Indonesia is investigating alleged personal data breaches at state-owned telecoms firm PT Telkom Indonesia’s internet service IndiHome and state utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, its communications ministry said on Sunday....


August 22, 2022
Swiss Startup PeakData Raises $12M in Series A

Swiss HealthTech startup PeakData raised €12.1 million ($12 million) in a Series A round led by AlbionVC, which also saw participation from Octopus Ventures and Heal Capital. PeakData has developed...


August 22, 2022
PYMNTS Intelligence: Deploying Behavioral Analytics to Smooth Friction Points in...

Protecting against digital fraud is a top priority for organizations, considering the cybercrime threats arrayed against them. The average American has been harmed by at least seven data breaches since...


August 18, 2022
Today in Crypto: MercadoLibre Launches Cryptocurrency in Brazil, Tether Changes...

Tether has begun working with BDO Italia, the Italian member firm of the BDO global organization, to bolster its transparency, a press release said. The company said it’s working more...


August 18, 2022
Is Better Fraud and Risk Prevention Without the Annoying Lag...

Customer onboarding is a crucial step in any business relationship. Its most critical task is user authentication, as unprotected onboarding represents an Achilles’ heel to fraud for any company. For...


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.