The payments industry is the midst of a sea change, with EMV looming and new regulations mandated by the third iteration of PCI DSS. But those guidelines and standards may not be enough, says Verifone’s Joe Majka. Here’s what security officers at firms large and...
The mobile biometrics industry could generate as much as $34.6 billion in annual revenue by 2020 and could disrupt the payment industry around the globe — chiefly through offering alternative means of both securing and processing mobile payments, Acuity Market Intelligence said Wednesday (July 15)....
If we were to tell you that today hackers are walking around with a few million frequent flyer miles care of United Airlines, your first thought might be that they had been the victims of a data breach at the hand of cybercriminals. Get the...
If creating a “perfect identity” is the next big thing in payments and online transacting, what’s needed to make it more than a pipe dream? That’s what IDology and its identity verification platforms have been fine-tuning to enable. CEO John Dancu shares his thoughts on...
Alibaba Founder Jack Ma has gotten his name tangled into another regulatory tussle. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....
RedOwl, a provider of insider risk management and security analytics, announced yesterday (July 13) that it secured $17 million in Series B funding, led by Allegis Capital. The funding round also included participation from Blackstone, as well as previous angel investors, bringing RedOwl’s total funding...
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike announced the completion of a $100 million Series C funding round yesterday (July 13), led by Google Capital. Rackspace also participated in the round, along with existing investors Accel and Warburg Pincus, bringing the company’s total funding raised to $156 million. Get...
Uber is once again accepting credit card payments for its service in India after eight months of supporting an in-app wallet payment platform in the cards’ stead. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
From Microsoft’s Kinect to Amazon’s Echo, gadgets have evolved to the point where they are ready and waiting to receive and understand our every command, but does their ability to “hear” us mean they are actually always listening? Get the Full Story Complete the form...
