security & fraud

P2P Payments Find Fans In The Black Market
P2P Payments Find Fans In The Black Market
June 25, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments continue to gain popularity among consumers, with two of the biggest providers, Zelle and Venmo, reporting ongoing and significant gains. But amid...

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Crypto Regulation To Tighten Scrutiny On Money Laundering
Crypto Regulation To Tighten Scrutiny On Money Laundering
June 24, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Amid the announcement of a new cryptocurrency – that would be Libra – the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which operates as global regulatory firm...

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Securing Digital Identities In The Information Age
Securing Digital Identities In The Information Age
June 12, 2019  |  Today In Data

Phone numbers, email addresses, usernames and other online signifiers have become essential to verification as the world becomes more connected. In B2B news, Visa is launching an end-to-end payments network called Visa...

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Visa-Western Union Deal And Alexa’s Roommate Potential Top The Week’s News
Visa-Western Union Deal And Alexa’s Roommate Potential Top The Week’s News
June 07, 2019  |  News

Yes, the weekend has arrived! We don’t know about you, but it was a busy week for PYMNTS, given all the news coming from the...

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Wells Fargo Could Name Interim CEO As Permanent Replacement
Wells Fargo Could Name Interim CEO As Permanent Replacement
June 06, 2019  |  Personnel

Wells Fargo & Co., the bank still reeling from its fake account scandal, could name interim Chief Executive Allen Parker as its permanent CEO. Reuters,...

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LabCorp Says 7.7M Customers May Have Been Impacted By AMCA Breach
LabCorp Says 7.7M Customers May Have Been Impacted By AMCA Breach
June 05, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

LabCorp, the medical testing company, disclosed Wednesday (June 5) that 7.7 million customers may have been impacted by the data breach that affected Quest Diagnostics...

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Post-Baoshang Takeover, China Aims To Reassure Investors
Post-Baoshang Takeover, China Aims To Reassure Investors
June 02, 2019  |  Bank Regulation

China’s Central Bank said over the weekend that there won’t be any more takeover of banks after the government’s intervention with Baoshang Bank, an Inner...

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DOJ To Open Google Antitrust Probe
DOJ To Open Google Antitrust Probe
June 02, 2019  |  Google

The Justice Department is gearing up to launch an investigation into Google to find out if it engaged in antitrust practices. Reuters, citing two sources...

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Dashlane Raises $100M, Names New CMO
Dashlane Raises $100M, Names New CMO
May 30, 2019  |  Investments

Credential and digital identity management solution company Dashlane announced Thursday (May 30) it raised $110 million in funding and appointed Joy Howard as chief marketing...

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