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Mobile banking Trojan mutates with ransomware features

17 Jun 14 @ 13:02

An Android mobile banking Trojan program originally designed to steal mobile banking credentials from Russian users has been found in the wild and has been retrofitted with ransomware functionality to... read more

US embraces EMV in wake of Target breach

16 Jun 14 @ 16:24

Spurred by major data breaches at Target and other stores, the US banking and retail sectors are turning to more secure microchip-based EMV payment cards, causing US shipments of these... read more

Over £7 billion lost by UK SMEs from missed payment opportunities

16 Jun 14 @ 16:21

Only 42% of UK SMEs currently offer customers the option of paying by card, despite card spending more than doubling in the last decade, according to research from Barclaycard. SMEs... read more

Worldline plans €610 million IPO

16 Jun 14 @ 16:19

French payment processor Worldline is set to be spun off by its parent Atos in an initial public offering (IPO) valued at €610 million. Worldline will issue around €255 million... read more

Cartes Bancaire plans biometric payments

16 Jun 14 @ 16:16

The French domestic card scheme, Groupement des Cartes Bancaires (CB), is planning to introduce biometric payment based on fingerprints before the end of 2014. CB is working with the National... read more

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ETC Mining and the anatomy of a crypto scam

02 Mar 26 @ 11:25

Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more

Takeover talk swirls as PayPal’s valuation slumps

24 Feb 26 @ 12:45

After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more

Visa and Mastercard accelerate agentic payments through bank pilots

18 Feb 26 @ 13:35

The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more

Stripe and PayPal combination could redefine payments

25 Feb 26 @ 17:55

Reports that Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of PayPal have sent tremors through the global payments industry. The reports follow closely on the he... more