What the 2025 Chargeback Surge Means for Banks and Merchants

By Douglas Hall, Founder & CEO of EQUE If you’re a financial institution or merchant hoping that chargebacks will plateau anytime soon, I’ve got news for you: they won’t. The just-released 2025 State of Chargebacks report from Datos Insights and Ethoca confirms what many of ...
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PayNearMe enables Walmart bill payments
Fintech Payments Trends

Shoppers can pay bills in cash at any Walmart MoneyCenter

By Jeff Domansky, June 9, 2021 Fintech PayNearMe will enable millions of Walmart shoppers to pay their bills with cash by displaying a ...
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Biggest password leak ever – 8.4 billion passwords

By Jeff Domansky, June 8, 2021 The largest stolen password collection of all time, 8.4 billion passwords, was leaked on one of the ...
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Banking

Visa & Goldman Sachs take big step in B2B cross-border payments

By Jeff Domansky, June 7, 2021 The big news of the day is that Jeff Bezos plans to go into space with his ...
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Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Russian ransomware attacks American BBQ plans – citizens outraged

By Jeff Domansky, June 3, 2021 The world of cybersecurity is not on the radar of the average American. That is, until yesterday ...
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Banking Cybersecurity

The sorry state of application security in financial services

By Jeff Domansky, June 2, 2021 Two things jump out on first reading of Contrast Security’s 2021 State of Application Security in Financial ...
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Fintech Payments Trends

Top 5 digital payment trends for small businesses

By David Sharp, President, PaySimple, June 1, 2021 Last year was pivotal in the payments industry when the COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses ...
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Buy Now Pay Later Mobile Payments

Klarna buys now, will pay later for security lapse

By Jeff Domansky, May 28, 2021 Another week, another serious security lapse in the financial world. Klarna shut down its popular buy now, ...
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Mobile Payments Payments Technology

Square shares Noble aspirations to own events payments

By Jeff Domansky, May 26, 2021 A new partnership of Square and digital ordering company Noble should make it easier for concertgoers to ...
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Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Lazy Android app cloud security exposed data for 100 million+

By Jeff Domansky, May 25, 2021 Last week, Check Point Research (CPR) released a study showing misconfiguration of third-party services by mobile app ...
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US retail is ready to reopen
Payments Trends Retail

Global consumers ready for revenge spending

By Jeff Domansky, May 21, 2021 Frustrated with 15 months of pandemic restrictions, work-from-home mandates, and longing to shop in-store once again, consumers ...
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