Fraud & Security

26 Sep 14 @ 13:26

According to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, tokenization is set to form a major change in the battle against payment fraud. Payment tokenization, as described by the MPIW... read more

25 Sep 14 @ 12:20

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), an organization focused on sharing critical cyber security threat information worldwide, and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier... read more

24 Sep 14 @ 15:28

The British Bankers Association (BBA) is to build a new alert system that will see 12 government and law enforcement agencies warn banks of the latest cyber threats to financial crime,... read more

08 Sep 14 @ 10:22

Alcatel-Lucent has released new report on malware and mobile malware showing that security threats to mobile and residential devices jumped sharply during the first half of 2014, putting device owners... read more

05 Sep 14 @ 14:50

Barclays corporate customers will be able to log into their online accounts by scanning their fingers with biometric readers using vein authentication technology from Hitachi. From 2015, corporate customers will... read more

03 Sep 14 @ 13:28

US DIY and home improvement merchant Home Depot has become the latest US retailer to be hit by a credit and debit card data breach, according to security blogger Brian... read more

02 Sep 14 @ 14:40

China’s Alipay e-commerce platform has teamed up with handset manufacturer Huawei to develop a system enabling people make biometric mobile payments with their fingerprints. The system utilises the fingerprint reader... read more

29 Aug 14 @ 13:16

Nigeria’s national eID card scheme has been officially launched. In the pilot phase, the Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will issue MasterCard-branded identity cards with electronic payments functionality to 13... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:11

US banking giant JPMorgan is the latest high-profile organization to suffer a hack attack, which is now being investigated by the FBI. It is reported that in mid-August, Russian hackers... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 10:50

The Target data breach, which compromised the data of 40 million cardholders continues to have ramifications across the industry. Following a class-action lawsuit against Target for the data breach, MasterCard... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:10

Package delivery giant UPS has become the latest company to admit that customer payment card details may be at risk after it discovered malware at 51 of its US stores.... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:07

A tech company specialising in biometric selfies for use in banking authentication has received $6 million in funding to expand the company’s proposition. EyeVerify’s self-verification technology, Eyeprint ID, enables smartphone... read more