June 30, 2022
Despite Risks, Crypto-Backed Mortgages, Loans Gaining Traction

There’s been talk about people buying real estate with cryptocurrency for some time, but a new report from banking giant Citi finds that crypto-backed mortgages have been gaining ground for...

June 30, 2022
Amazon Rebuts Alexa Eavesdropping ‘Myths’ as It Scales Device Ecosystem 

In a year that has seen Amazon blog about its voice-powered Alexa device 28 different times as part of its effort to grow its overall ecosystem of connected devices, the eCommerce...

June 29, 2022
Biometrics Help in Fight Against Fraud, but Are Not the...

“If you’re not on your game and protecting your customers,” Tom Shell, vice president of business development and solutions engineering at DataVisor, told PYMNTS, “the switching cost is just not...

June 28, 2022
Russia Fines Big Tech For Data Storage Violations

Video streaming service Twitch, social network Pinterest, holiday rental company Airbnb and United Parcel Service (UPS) were all fined by a Moscow court on Tuesday for allegedly refusing to store...

June 28, 2022
EU FinTechs, Central Bank of Ireland Take On IBAN Discrimination

The Central Bank of Ireland recently announced that it was writing to all Regulated Financial Service Providers in the country, as well as a range of business and professional representative...

June 28, 2022
Multiple Payment Providers Give Retailers Super Powers to Flex on...

A connected economy moves money by placing interoperability at the center, tapping technology that enables more transactions to clear quickly and securely in any market. But many firms continue using...

June 27, 2022
Australian Watchdog Looks Into Retailers’ Facial Recognition Tech

Three of Australia’s biggest retail chains have been referred to the privacy regulator by a major consumer group which has said they use “unreasonably intrusive” facial recognition technology on customers....

June 27, 2022
Complaint: Australian Retailers Using ‘Intrusive’ Facial Recognition

A consumer advocacy group says three of Australia’s largest retailers are using “unreasonably intrusive” facial recognition technology on their shoppers. As Reuters reported Monday (June 27), CHOICE has filed a...

June 26, 2022
Italian Data Protection Authority Latest to Rule Against Google Analytics

To add to its antitrust headaches, EU-wide pressure on website operators to restrain their usage of Google continues to put pressure on the company. The Italian data protection authority, the...