Cybersecurity

Jan 25 global payments news

Global payments news roundup: Cybersecurity, false declines, digital wallet growth, Q4 VC funding, 2021 trends, real-time payments, more…

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 25, 2021 With the new US administration in town, there’s a huge volume of payment news and new developments in the payments industry, and ...
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cybersecurity spending growing

12 billion records stolen last year; cybersecurity spend will grow +10%

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 25, 2021 With new threats emerging and the number of attacks growing, global cybersecurity spending is expected to rise 10% in 2021, according to ...
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Stripe cancels payment processing for Trump campaign

Stripe stops payment processing for Trump campaign

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 11, 2021 Stripe announced it will no longer process payments for the Trump campaign website and fundraising after last week’s riots at the Capitol ...
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Trump online stores closed by Shopify

Shopify shutters Trump online stores

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 8, 2021 Shopify closed two Trump brand stores on its e-commerce platform yesterday in response to the Wednesday violence at the Capitol building in ...
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B2B payments are automating rapidly

3 predictions for B2B payments: Where next for ACH credit transactions?

By Thayer Stewart, CEO, PaymentWorks, Dec 15, 2020Everywhere you look, the statistics on B2B payments point to a rapid rise in the adoption of digital payments. Checks are ...
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insurancequote.com Porch Piracy report

Avast: Beware porch pirates during the holiday delivery season

By Jeff Domansky, Dec 2, 2020 Apparently, porch pirates are alive and well, preying on online shoppers and stealing as many as 17 million packages from consumer porches ...
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Home Depot Canada data breach

Home Depot Canada scrambles to quickly repair customer data breach

By Jeff Domansky, Oct 30, 2020 Another day, another serious data breach! This time it’s Home Depot Canada that appears to have mistakenly emailed an undetermined number of ...
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consumers have data security concerns

Research: Fraud transparency is key to earning US consumer trust

By Rafael Lourenco, EVP, ClearSale Can online merchants earn more customer trust by talking about fraud? Yes, according to a recent survey of more than a thousand US ...
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Oct 5 global payments news roundup

Oct 5 Global payments news roundup

There’s so much going on in the payments world, it’s time for a roundup of quick news bytes and links to news you can use if you’re in ...
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Forter Fraud Attack Index

Forter forecasts increased online fraud for holiday season

By Douglas Hall, Publisher, PaymentsNEXT E-commerce fraud prevention leader Forter released its ninth Fraud Attack Index, providing in-depth insight into the impact of COVID-19 on online buyer behavior ...
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