Out with Skimming, In with Shimming?
The endless cycle of measure-countermeasure in the payment card security battlefield now includes the practice of ‘shimming’ by bad actors....
Maine One of Several States Which Require Cash Redemption of Gift Cards
A consumer reporter in Portland, Maine, recently highlighted in a report that the state requires that gift card issuers refund...
Faster Payments Maps Way to ISO 20022 Standard
The UK’s Faster Payments organization has released a tool, available to all, to help to translate transactions in ISO format...
The Issue Isn't What Technology; The Issue Is Where and When?
This article in tech2 agrees with Mercator’s list of Emerging Technologies but it leaves out key details that include where...
TCF Finds Edge with Chip Card Haters
As the EMV migration evolved globally, it was it was interesting to watch the Canadian market embraced contactless chip technology...
Challenging A Brave Blockchain Prediction
This article in Techcrunch is written by Olaf Carlson-Wee, the Founder & CEO of Polychain Capital and a founder of...
Real-Time: Big in 2016, Bigger Still in 2017?
Publication Finextra held a roundtable conversation last year in London with IBM on the topic of the global real time...
Watchdog questions Mastercard takeover of VocaLink
Early last year, the UK's Payment Systems Regulator publically commented that they wanted the big UK banks to divest their...
Next Up: Biometrics in Your Car
How common will biometrics become? So common that it will unlock your car, adjust the seats, and communicate with your...
MasterCard AI Fraud Protection Is Another Layer of Fraud Prevention, Not a Panacea
This article in Business Insider starts out with an introduction of MasterCard’s new machine learning tool:“Late last month, Mastercard introduced...
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