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MagentoCore card skimmer discovered on thousands of e-commerce sites

04 Sep 18 @ 17:03

In the last months it has been reported that 7,339 (and counting) individual e-commerce sites have been infested with the MagentoCore card skimmer malware in the last six months, making... read more

Counterfeit fraud at US EMV-enabled merchants down 75%

04 Sep 18 @ 14:00

The major payments networks set the path for the US payments industry to begin the shift to EMV chip cards in 2011. One of the leading factors was that chip... read more

The end of POS as we know it?

04 Sep 18 @ 12:53

For most consumers, the worst thing about a shopping trip is the queues. Spotting a queue at POS means consumers may well decide to go elsewhere. Waiting to pay creates... read more

China deepens cryptocurrency enforcement a year after crackdown

03 Sep 18 @ 13:03

China is further tightening its clampdown on cryptocurrency, nearly a year after the government imposed a wide-ranging ban on local exchanges and ICO’s fundraising for digital currencies. Financial officials in an eastern... read more

Alternative payments outnumber traditional payment methods in APAC e-commerce market

03 Sep 18 @ 12:16

Alternative payments methods such as mobile and digital wallets are steadily displacing traditional payment methods such as cards, bank transfers and cash/cheques in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) e-commerce market. GlobalData forecasts... read more

Deploying AI in the payments sector – The key risks and issues

31 Aug 18 @ 15:11

Deploying AI in the payments sector – With the global volume of online payments set to increase by almost 11% a year between 2015 and 2020 (and by as much... read more

The Future of Banking: PCM examines the possible futures of banking

31 Aug 18 @ 13:25

The doom-mongers have long been predicting an existential crisis in banking. Banks are being assailed on every side — by FinTech start-ups, Big Tech and regulators. They must maintain 24/7... read more

Why Synthetic identity fraud on the rise – The battle is just beginning

30 Aug 18 @ 14:53

Synthetic identity fraud is on the rise in 2018. Sophisticated crime rings have access to never-before-seen numbers of compromised records, and they know that most fraud prevention software is fooled... read more

Risk-Based Authentication: How to secure frictionless e-commerce payments

30 Aug 18 @ 14:23

In 2018, banks and retailers are dealing with a new breed of customer: one that expects a fast, seamless online payment experience. When it comes to e-commerce, however, user experience... read more

Behavioural biometrics: How will it improve the consumer experience?

29 Aug 18 @ 09:19

Behavioural biometrics is a brave new world of seamless, hassle-free authentication that is set to revolutionise – and personalise – the life of consumers across the planet. In a world... read more

Cashing out: How to be successful in the cyber crime economy

29 Aug 18 @ 08:46

For the modern cyber criminal, turning virtual cash into real money without being caught is a the biggest problem in the cyber crime economy. The thieves often have to get... read more

Mobile banking Trojans hit all time high in 2018

28 Aug 18 @ 16:19

Mobile banking Trojans hit the list of cyber-headaches in Q2 2018. The number of installation packages for mobile banking – modifications which help attackers avoid detection by security solutions and... read more

Kroger signs off on interchange fee spat banning Visa cards

28 Aug 18 @ 12:42

Kroger has made good on its threat to stop accepting Visa credit cards, the culmination of a dispute over the interchange fee retailers pay to card networks for each transaction... read more

Complexities of the German payments market – could mobile payments become meaningless?

28 Aug 18 @ 11:43

Instead of counting notes and coins or entering a PIN, mobile payments on smartphones have the potential to become a popular method of payment in Germany. Google Pay is already... read more

Samsung Pay global expansion packs punch as it surges past 1.3 billion transactions

27 Aug 18 @ 10:08

Samsung has celebrated the third anniversary of its mobile payment platform, Samsung Pay. Originally launched in South Korea on August 20, 2015, Samsung Pay has experienced significant global growth and... read more

Silk Way Bank launch Payments.iQ for payment terminals in azerbaijan

27 Aug 18 @ 09:00

Silk Way Bank launched a new successful project in Azerbaijan, based on Payments.iQ, within the framework of the program to improve customer service and popularise cashless payments. SWPay is a... read more

Thai Central Bank launches Project Inthanon digital currency

24 Aug 18 @ 12:46

The Bank of Thailand has outlined a preliminary road-map for Project Inthanon, its central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative. The Bank of Thailand (BoT), the country’s central bank, is partnering... read more

Report: Consumer adoption of retailer mobile shopping apps and wallets doubles

24 Aug 18 @ 11:59

As mobile shopping continues to grow, consumers are downloading retailer’s mobile apps at double the rate of years past and conducting more in-app purchases, according to new findings from Synchrony. As... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more

Global Banks set ground rules for Agentic Commerce as Fraud and Liability risks rise

27 Sep 26 @ 18:53

Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... more