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Interview: The trends accelerating biometric payment card adoption

07 Nov 22 @ 10:37

2022 has witnessed biometric payment card adoption reach new heights. Multiple recent launches in the Middle East highlight the technology’s global interest, but what external factors are accountable for this... read more

Three-quarters of European banks to outsource payments infrastructure

01 Nov 22 @ 15:00

A new study from leading banking and payments infrastructure specialists Tietoevry Banking reveals that almost three-quarters (73.2%) of European banks intend to outsource parts of their payments infrastructure over the... read more

One in eight consumers have experienced BNPL fraud in UK

01 Nov 22 @ 14:17

New research shows that only a third of UK consumers trust Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services to protect their data having suffered BNPL fraud. The UK study, by Callsign,... read more

The EBA Fraud Taxonomy is now publicly available

30 Oct 22 @ 14:30

To match the speed of instant payments and their increasing adoption throughout Europe, fraud prevention and detection tools not only have to be fast but should also be able to... read more

PayPal makes big move in support of passkey

24 Oct 22 @ 20:02

PayPal says that it is introducing support for passkey, providing what it says will be an easier and more secure login method for PayPal accounts. Passkeys are an industry standard developed... read more

UK Fraud report: H1 2022 sees decline in fraud of 13%

13 Oct 22 @ 11:19

UK Finance has released its latest fraud report covering H1 2022. The report shows that while the end of the pandemic has seen a fall in overall fraud losses, some... read more

Alert: BidenCash marketplace gives away data on 1.2 million credit cards

13 Oct 22 @ 10:34

A dark web marketplace named BidenCash has released a massive file of 1.2 million credit cards data to promote the marketplace, allowing anyone to download them for free to conduct... read more

E-commerce fraud losses to exceed $48 billion globally

12 Oct 22 @ 16:53

A new study has found that the total cost of e-commerce fraud to merchants will exceed $48 billion globally in 2023, from just over $41 billion in 2022. It predicts... read more

Mastercard launches contactless card for the quantum computing era

12 Oct 22 @ 08:13

In Q1 2021, Mastercard saw 1 billion more contactless transactions compared to the same period in 2020, and in Q2 2021, 45% of all in-person checkout transactions globally were contactless.... read more

Worlds largest crypto exchange Binance suffers massive hack

10 Oct 22 @ 12:28

Over the weekend, Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange suffered a cyber hack that has culminated in a estimated loss of around $570 million and further damages the struggling digital... read more

Report: Underscoring the importance of cybersecurity amid shifting fraud threats

07 Oct 22 @ 09:17

Visa has shared an updated look at how fraud has evolved since the height of the pandemic, with criminals simultaneously targeting online and offline vulnerabilities as our daily lives return... read more

Mobile transaction security is failing – here’s how to fix it

29 Sep 22 @ 11:43

In a new white paper, digital transaction security specialists CyberloQ argue current paradigms for securing mobile transactions don’t work. Failsafe authentication, including laser-focused geolocation technologies, are a must if we’re... read more

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Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more

Credit’s next competitive frontier beyond top of wallet

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. [caption id="attachment_52085" align="a... more

Visa tests the foundations of agentic payments in Europe

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial inte... more