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Regtech compliance disruption growing; spending will reach $115.9 billion

Along with the disruption in the financial market by technology are the growing burdens of compliance and its impact on the financial industry. A new whitepaper from Juniper Research projects spending on Regtech platforms will exceed $115 billion by 2023, up from an estimated $18 billion ...
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Payments NEXT News: Mobile fraud rising, Apple Pay growing, payments news roundup

Our weekly email newsletter includes an in-depth look at the latest cybercrime trends in the ThreatMetrix Q2 2018 Cybercrime Report including the dramatic rise in mobile fraud transactions. A new Pulse Networks research study shows that PayPal still maintains the lead in online payments, but ...
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Payments news roundup: Pulse Network, Stripe vs PayPal, mobile fraud, more

We’ve got a payments news roundup with news you can use from around the globe. Pulse Network looks at some of the reasons Apple Pay is gaining with credit card issuers. We’ve got a payments processor showdown between Stripe and PayPal as well as a ...
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Debit card issuers take a shine to Apple Pay

A new research study of debit card issuers by Pulse Network shows that 12.2% of debit cards were enrolled in Apple Pay as of January 2018, an increase of 6.3% from January 2017. Mobile and contactless payments are slowly growing for other networks such as ...
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Research: Mobile fraud attacks rise 44% in US

We all know the impact of the rapid rise of mobile transactions on e-commerce businesses. According to ThreatMetrix, in the last three years, mobile transactions have grown three times more than desktop transactions. By the middle of this year, mobile transactions, including new accounts, logins and ...
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Payments NEXT newsletter: Zippin, Walmart, IBM, Amazon Pay Japan, more…

In this week’s global Payments NEXT newsletter, US startup Zippin is showcasing its next-generation checkout-free technology. Walmart is testing an innovative crowdsourcing delivery program that could take off. IBM has now made its blockchain-based bank payments and clearing technology available. Amazon Pay entered the challenging ...
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Payments news roundup: IBM, Walmart, Instagram, security breaches, more…

Here’s what caught our attention in global payments news this week.  IBM has now launched its blockchain payment clearing network for banks. Check out how cashierless stores are impacting retail. Amazon Pay enters the Japanese market in partnership with Nippon Pay and Instagram is building ...
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Amazon Pay enters Japan market
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Amazon Pay says Kon’nichiwa to Japanese cashless payments market

In Japan, 80% of consumers pay for transactions with cash. That’s why Amazon Japan’s decision to introduce Amazon Pay in partnership with startup Nippon Pay shows they are in the cashless payments market for the long term. With only 20% of Japanese consumers using other ...
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e-commerce false positives challenge
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Fighting the negative sales impact of CNP false positives

A new report from Kount and The Fraud Practice examines card-not-present (CNP) false positives which are poorly understood and frequently mismanaged aspects of risk management. Most merchants focus on chargebacks and fraud losses, but false positives are another major source of lost revenue, negative reputation ...
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biometrics booming
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Passwords passé, “something I am” biometrics ID coming soon

A new report from Juniper Research says password-based solutions are increasingly impractical, and service providers have begun testing alternative second factors; ‘something I am’, such as a fingerprint, iris, facial feature or vein pattern to establish an individual’s identity. Biometric identities provide an extra layer ...
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