Fraud & Security

19 Jul 19 @ 09:48

According to an article which first appeared in InPayments, Security is an ongoing concern for SMEs, especially when transactions are taking place via online channels, with customers and service providers... read more

10 Jul 19 @ 10:52

Marriott International Hotel group has become the second firm to face a GDPR fine as the UK regulator continues to bear down on companies that fail to protect data. The... read more

01 Jul 19 @ 06:18

Researchers at the premier dark web data intelligence company, Terbium Labs, have released the findings of new research that examines the deeply intertwined nature of payment card fraud and transnational crime. Results... read more

01 Jul 19 @ 05:39

As powerful cross industry groups piled on the pressure, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its response to the European Banking Authority’s Opinion on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) under... read more

27 Jun 19 @ 08:23

With Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) coming into force on 14 September 2019 as the final part of PSD2, many online businesses are required to add additional security measures to large... read more

25 Jun 19 @ 11:05

While Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application usage is proliferating, and workloads are increasingly migrating to Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) like AWS and Azure, on-premises applications, storage, and private clouds persist. The... read more

25 Jun 19 @ 10:12

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published  an Opinion on the elements of strong customer authentication (SCA) under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The Opinion is a response to... read more

24 Jun 19 @ 12:40

The first of the mandated PSD2 deadlines has been and gone and 41% of European banks did not comply with the PSD2 deadline, which required them to provide a testing... read more

19 Jun 19 @ 16:25

Cifas, the UK’s fraud prevention service, has released an alarming picture of fraud in the UK with the release of  Fraudscape, the annual publication of its data that identifies and... read more

13 Jun 19 @ 12:31

The Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that Allied Wallet helped perpetrators to defraud more than $110m from consumers in scams, pyramid schemes and unlawful debt collection operations. An online payment... read more

28 May 19 @ 17:14

Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered a worrying rise in mobile banking trojans and malware designed to steal credentials and money from users’ bank accounts: in Q1 2019, researchers found 29,841... read more

28 May 19 @ 09:27

Smart Payment Association (SPA), the trade body of the smart payments industry, has published its 2018 annual top smart payment card shipments. Data from SPA members shows the continued year-on-year... read more