Fraud & Security

12 Jun 15 @ 15:47

Trustwave has released the 2015 Trustwave Global Security Report which reveals the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends from 2014. The report discloses how much criminals can profit from malware attacks,... read more

12 Jun 15 @ 13:06

Jumio has launched new research that benchmarks high street banks in their approach to digital account opening. The research report is based on interviews with eight leading high street banks which analyse... read more

10 Jun 15 @ 12:11

At the risk of sounding like the new Weather Channel website, can we learn anything about EMV migration from Canada? After all, they have already upgraded or replaced more than 60,000... read more

27 May 15 @ 13:12

New data shows that identity fraud was the dominant fraud threat in the first quarter of 2015. 34,151 confirmed instances of identity fraud were recorded in the first quarter of... read more

20 May 15 @ 16:36

France’s Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne (BPCE) are piloting a payment card that replaces the three-figure CVV code on the rear of the card with a small screen display that... read more

19 May 15 @ 13:45

Global digital security specialist Gemalto has been selected by BancNet of the Philippines to secure its mobile banking services. BancNet’s network consists of 116 local and international banks, serving over... read more

14 May 15 @ 15:32

Iris-scanning technology promises to kill the password with the launch of a new smartphone that looks into users’ eyes to unlock it. The new smartphone made by Fujitsu and sold... read more

13 May 15 @ 12:06

News has reached us that credit card hackers are targeting Starbucks gift card and mobile payment users and stealing from consumers’ credit cards. This new scam is so ingenious, the... read more

07 May 15 @ 09:39

New analysis shows that credit card fraud increased last year in Germany. In a sample of 7.5 million active cards issued in Germany, FICO found that losses due to fraud increased... read more

01 May 15 @ 11:06

Tokenization is a technology that allows for more secure payments by substituting sensitive consumer account data for a random number that is unique to each transaction – a digital token.... read more

29 Apr 15 @ 10:45

Cyber security is a precondition to promoting innovation also in the area of payments. The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is a centre of expertise for... read more

29 Apr 15 @ 10:10

London is the country’s identity theft capital, with significantly higher rates than anywhere else in the UK. The statistics are based on the number of fraudulent applications across financial products... read more