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Alipay Fingerprint Announcement Moves It Closer To An Apple Pay Deal
Alipay Fingerprint Announcement Moves It Closer To An Apple Pay Deal
December 11, 2014  |  Apple Pay

The prospect of an Apple Pay Alibaba deal got a lot more likely on Tuesday (Dec. 9) when Alibaba’s Alipay payments unit said that it...

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AP Tech Pushes Cloud-Based Checks Effort
AP Tech Pushes Cloud-Based Checks Effort
November 11, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Payments vendor AP Technology has rolled out a new product called APeChecks, which the company said is pronounced Ape-Checks. The cloud B2B payments platform includes...

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Fighting Digital Attacks, MasterCard Style
Fighting Digital Attacks, MasterCard Style
October 03, 2014  |  Cybersecurity

MasterCard Thursday (Oct. 2) announced the launch of SafetyNet, which it said was a preemptive security system “to identify potential attacks before they start and...

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MasterCard Gives Biometrics Start-Up A $14M Boost
MasterCard Gives Biometrics Start-Up A $14M Boost
September 30, 2014  |  Cybersecurity

Canadian biometrics start-up Biony has raised $14 million in Series A financing from a group of investors that includes MasterCard. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Smile! MasterCard Toys With Mobile Facial Recognition For Payments
Smile! MasterCard Toys With Mobile Facial Recognition For Payments
September 22, 2014  |  Cybersecurity

MasterCard is labeling “successful” a biometrics payments trial (facial plus voice) where more than 14,000 transactions were confirmed in a closed iOS and Android pilot...

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Apple Pay Beefs Up Security, But Point of Sale Still Under Threat
Apple Pay Beefs Up Security, But Point of Sale Still Under Threat
September 19, 2014  |  Apple Pay

There’s little debate that Apple Pay is going to sharply boost mobile payment security. After all, replacing signature or a 4-digit shoulder-surfing-vulnerable PIN with a...

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