Certification news and trends

Visa Offers Scholarships To Train Workers In Dispute Resolution
VISA // December 05, 2019

Visa has announced it’s going to start a new certification program in dispute resolution, as well as fund up to 500 scholarships to offset the cost of the training, according to a press release.  The applicants will become certified dispute resolution professionals, which Visa noted...

UPS Takes Steps To Launch Drone Deliveries
Delivery // July 23, 2019

UPS announced that it has applied for a certification to operate commercial drone flights. The company applied to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Part 135 certification under a subsidiary business called UPS Flight Forward. It could receive the certification as early as this...

Mozilla Mulls Blocking DarkMatter For Browser ‘Misuse’
Security & Fraud // March 06, 2019

Firefox maker Mozilla might cut ties with cybersecurity company DarkMatter after a recent report linked the firm to a cyber espionage program. In January, Reuters reported that United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based DarkMatter provided staff for a secret hacking operation, code named Project Raven, that operated from...

NY Cybersecurity Standards Loom, With Enterprises At The (Un)Ready?
B2B Payments // April 18, 2017

Financial firms operating in New York are facing tighter security standards. A high percentage of them are facing challenges in the scramble towards compliance, per Richard Hudson, vice president of cybersecurity at Cordium, with significant implications for enterprises and business-related payments.

Interviews & Exclusives
The Hairball That Is EMV Certification

June 02, 2016
There are two words- both beginning with a C – that strike fear and loathing into the hearts and minds of payments industry peeps – Chargebacks and Certification. Creditcall CEO Lars Pedersen unpacks one of them - the hairball that is certification – and explains why it has become the critical path on the road to EMV – but why the complex process is only partly to blame for why the EMV deployment isn’t moving as fast as anyone might like it to.

Quick Reads
National Used Car Certification Service Nets $7M In Funding

February 10, 2020
Donny Hall is an entrepreneur who once created a business called CarSure, essentially an automotive repair insurance plan. According to reporting, Hall sold that company in 2017 and fixed his sights on another business venture that would see him directly challenge Carfax, the industry’s dominant source for any vehicle’s authentic history. SureSale, Hall’s latest company, […]

Visa Offers Scholarships To Train Workers In Dispute Resolution

December 05, 2019
Visa has announced it’s going to start a new certification program in dispute resolution, as well as fund up to 500 scholarships to offset the cost of the training, according...

UPS Takes Steps To Launch Drone Deliveries

July 23, 2019
UPS announced that it has applied for a certification to operate commercial drone flights. The company applied to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Part 135 certification under a...

Mozilla Mulls Blocking DarkMatter For Browser ‘Misuse’

March 06, 2019
Firefox maker Mozilla might cut ties with cybersecurity company DarkMatter after a recent report linked the firm to a cyber espionage program. In January, Reuters reported that United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based...