Security & Fraud

Regulators Probe Wells Fargo On Pushy Service Quotas
December 01, 2015

Regulators have their eyes on Wells Fargo employee practices — specifically aimed at the bank’s sales culture when it came to pushing products and services on consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Hackers Sell $1 Netflix Accounts On Dark Web
December 01, 2015

In the good old days of cybercrime, all the average Internet user had to worry about was having his or her personally identifiable financial or biographical information fall into the wrong hands. Now, though, the game has become so much more complex. Get the Full Story...

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Paysafe’s Current Accounts Safe From Past Breach
December 01, 2015

British mobile payments company Paysafe announced that the two instances of hacks, which stole data from its 7.8 million accounts, could not affect its current customer accounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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EMV Alone Won’t Cure Holiday Fraud Blues
December 01, 2015

How’s EMV doing to stamp out fraud in the U.S.? According to Joe Majka, Chief Security Officer at Verifone, that’s a present that the payment industry will have to wait until after the holidays to unwrap.

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Bank Lenders Push SMBs To Credit Cards And Alt-Lenders
November 30, 2015

Big banks are increasingly giving up their SMB loan market to alternative lenders who charge a remarkably high loan interest rate. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Cybercriminals Checking Into Hotel POS Systems
November 30, 2015

Before the age of the credit card, securing hotels was as simple as keeping all the keys behind the front desk in order. However, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that hackers are no longer taking heed of hotel’s digital Do Not Disturb signs when it comes...

Digital Toy Maker Latest Cyberbreach Victim
November 30, 2015

With all eyes on “smart toys” this holiday season and questions in the air around the potential risk to consumers who opt to dive into the world of artificial intelligence, news out of Hong Kong is not looking good. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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MasterCard Readies Masters Of Code Hackathon Finale
November 27, 2015

The mobile payments industry is defined by the companies that continue to foster innovative solutions to increasingly complex problems, and MasterCard is giving clear indications with its Masters of Code hackathon competition that it wants to lead the way forward in FinTech advancements for a...

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Gov-Tech Encryption Battle Wages On
November 27, 2015

The winter freeze might sure be slowing down the country but not the encryption debate. It is, in fact, now heating up following Senator Ron Wyden’s Medium post on data encryption. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...