by: Brandon Kuehl I recently blogged about the increasing number of EMV payment cards in circulation. With EMVCo reporting there were in excess of 2 billion EMV cards in circulation worldwide at the end of [...]
by: Nicole Reyes As consumer awareness about the prevalence of payment fraud increases, more cardholders are becoming interested in protecting themselves. They are looking for convenient, simple ways to protect their accounts and identities. Consumer [...]
by: Konrad Christensen Prepaid options are playing a key role in the development of mobile wallets. Because prepaid is essentially the model behind a number of mobile payment solutions, it’s no doubt prepaid will [...]
by. Georgann Smith Global marketing executives expect digital and mobile technology to significantly transform their marketing budgets over the next five years. Specifically, more than one-third of chief marketing officers (CMOs) believe digital spending will [...]
by: Nicole Reyes U.S. consumers want EMV, and they want it soon. A recent MasterCard survey states 57 percent of Americans expect to receive an EMV card in the next six months. News of [...]
by. Nicole Reyes A growing ATM scam has turned into a multimillion-dollar problem for U.S. financial institutions. Called “card cracking,” the scam began in Chicago and has now spread to other cities across the [...]
by: Nicole Reyes Financial institution employees have long had their guards up when it comes to their email. With phishing scams and the added complexity of social engineering, malicious communication has become a real problem. [...]
by. Nicole Reyes Earlier this summer, I posted about hackers going after more than just payment data with their intrusions. The recent news of StubHub’s run-in with cyber thieves is a perfect example of [...]
by. Brian Day In my last blog, I excerpted the recently released white paper “The Mobile Payments Ignition Point.” The paper details the dramatic impact Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology is expected to have on [...]
by. Konrad Christensen Recently, there have been a number of announcements regarding issuer upgrades to their prepaid product offerings. It’s likely these changes are connected to an increase in regulation as agencies like the [...]
by. Brandon Kuehl With the October 2015 EMV liability shift quickly approaching, three of the nation’s biggest retailers, Walmart, Kroger and Target, are busily pushing ahead with their own EMV upgrades. Walmart started updating [...]
by. Brian Day In a recently released white paper, “The Mobile Payments Ignition Point,” I detailed the dramatic impact Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology is expected to have on the mobile payments marketplace. When paired [...]
Cybercriminals are becoming more adept at profitable intrusions with each passing day. As “The Internet of Things” creates a more connected world, savvy crooks are finding plenty of cracked doorways allowing them into our once-secure [...]
by. Karen Postma There’s been a lot of talk about omnichannel banking lately. The term refers to the fusion of delivery and/or communication channels to create a unified customer experience. Essentially, it’s [...]
by. Brandon Bogler A recent Credit Union Times infographic highlights some of the ways credit unions can decipher and use Big Data. Specifically, a number of credit unions are looking to integrate uncomplicated predictive analytics [...]
