November 16, 2022
FIs Embrace Biometric Payment Cards To Improve Security, Enhance User...
Last month, biometric payment cards that incorporate fingerprint scanners received a significant boost thanks to the publication of new specifications by EMVCo, the global card standards-setting body owned by Mastercard, Visa, American...
November 13, 2022
FRAND Royalty Base: Will Chinese Courts More Likely Accept the...
By Yan Wang, Da Shi, Yue Li, Shasha Zhou* I. Introduction On June 17, 2022, Huawei announced it had entered into a patent licensing agreement with Nordic Semiconductor, whereby...
November 03, 2022
PayU Lets Indian Rail Commuters Pay With WhatsApp
Dutch payment solutions firm PayU has teamed with the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) in India to offer payments via its new WhatsApp-based Chatbot solution. According to a Thursday...
November 01, 2022
Putting One-Time Passwords Out to Pasture
The one-time password — OTP for short — was an ingenious cybersecurity stopgap that worked for a while. But fraud never sleeps, and they’ve cracked the OTP code. It’s taken...
October 24, 2022
To Get Ahead in 2023, Put Customer Experience First
The best way to keep customers engaged is to ensure an effortless experience, Prove Co-founder and CEO Rodger Desai writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “What’s Your Plan? Payments Strategies for a...
October 12, 2022
ACI Worldwide, Constant Team to Promote Consumer Digital Engagement
Payments software company ACI Worldwide has formed a partnership with Constant, a FinTech that makes self-service loan management software. The collaboration will “allow lenders to increase loan volumes, streamline their...
October 06, 2022
Sightline Invests $300M to Upgrade Slot Machines to Cashless
Sightline Payments will invest up to $300 million to bring cashless gaming to slot machines across the United States. The project — dubbed “Project 250” and conducted in collaboration with...
October 05, 2022
EMVCo Issues New Specs to Ease Acceptance of Contactless Payments
The global standards organization overseeing the infrastructure that enables safe and seamless card-based transactions has issued new specifications it says are designed to simplify the acceptance of contactless and mobile payments globally. According to a 300+ page update released Wednesday (Oct. 5) by EMVCo (which originally stood for Europay, Mastercard...
September 13, 2022
Entrust Unveils Tool that Promises More Durable Payment Cards
Entrust, a trusted identify and digital infrastructure company that produces equipment for the on-site production of payment cards, announced Tuesday (Sept. 13) the availability of a new tool that it said...