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Apple Pay Coming To China In April?
International // March 23, 2015

According to reports on kapron ASIA, it seems as though Apple and China Union Pay have finally struck a deal that had only existed in rumors until now, meaning that the Chinese version of Apple Pay could be set to roll in April. According to...

Blame Shifting Ensues Over Apple Pay Fraud Issue
Mobile Commerce // March 17, 2015

About two weeks ago, reports began to emerge that enterprising criminals had found a simple, low tech way to bypass Apple’s state of the art, biometrically authenticated, tokenized, NFC-secure element housed payment platform. Instead of trying to hack Apple, thieves instead are merely swiping credit card...

How Apple Is Being Haunted By The Ghosts Of Previous Data Breaches
Merchant Innovation // March 06, 2015

The headlines for Apple have been rough this week, following a report from a researcher at Drop Labs that indicated that fraud is running “rampant” on Apple Pay. Particularly at issue is how cards are provisioned into the the Apple Pay service. The high-tech end...

UK Banks Using Touch I.D. For Authentication
Merchant Innovation // February 18, 2015

Two British banks are getting into biometric authentication.  Going forward, customers of RBS and NatWest will be able to access their banking accounts via smartphones using fingerprint recognition technology. The feature will need to be initially activated with their security information, but from then on...

Quick Reads
Surprise! Apple Pay Has Already Launched In The UK

July 14, 2015
Remember that time Apple said it was going to officially launch in the U.K. next week? Fooled you! One accidental tweet alerted the world yesterday (July 13) that Apple was coming soon to the U.K. — and apparently by “coming soon” that tweet actually meant right bloody now because the official launch has happened. So […]

Apple Pay Coming To China In April?

March 23, 2015
According to reports on kapron ASIA, it seems as though Apple and China Union Pay have finally struck a deal that had only existed in rumors until now, meaning that...

Blame Shifting Ensues Over Apple Pay Fraud Issue

March 17, 2015
About two weeks ago, reports began to emerge that enterprising criminals had found a simple, low tech way to bypass Apple’s state of the art, biometrically authenticated, tokenized, NFC-secure element housed...

How Apple Is Being Haunted By The Ghosts Of Previous Data Breaches

March 06, 2015
The headlines for Apple have been rough this week, following a report from a researcher at Drop Labs that indicated that fraud is running “rampant” on Apple Pay. Particularly at...