Criminals can purchase more than just stolen card account numbers on the so-called dark Web. A recent study by virtual private network provider NordVPN reveals that 51.5% of cards on the dark Web came with addresses, 39.8% came with phone numbers, and 28.7% came with an e-mail address. In addition, …
Read More »Jack Henry Launches Fraud Detection in Real Time for a Range of Payments
Jack Henry & Associates has launched PayrailzFraud Monitor, a real-time fraud-monitoring technology for payments. The cloud-native solution, which Jack Henry describes as an enhancement to its Payrailz platform, uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral analytics to detect payments fraud as the fraud is occurring, with a scope including peer-to-peer and …
Read More »Following the U.S., ACI Launches Real Time Payments in Europe And the U.K.
ACI Worldwide Inc. has launched its Instant Pay real-time payment solution in Europe and the United Kingdom. The move comes against the backdrop of a regulatory push in Europe mandating that financial institutions across the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) countries in Europe offer instant payments under the SEPA Instant …
Read More »Senators Cramer And Menendez Take Aim Again At Protecting Cash Purchases
For decades, payments providers have sought to displace cash by attempting to move merchants toward card-based and digital payments, arguing that they are faster, more convenient, and more secure to accept than cash. Now they are finding that proponents of cash acceptance are pushing back. Late Thursday, legislation was reintroduced …
Read More »Relay Payments’ Rollout for Pilot Aims to Help Fleets Combat Fraud
Relay Payments, an Atlanta-based fintech, is rolling out its digital diesel-payment platform at more than 800 Pilot Travel Centers LLC locations. Pilot, which is owned by investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Pilot Corp., operates a chain of truck stops across the United States and Canada. In addition to its …
Read More »Fiserv Turns Up the Heat in the Hotly Contested Restaurant POS Market
Fiserv Inc.’s Clover unit has made its latest entry in the highly competitive restaurant market with the Clover kitchen display system. The new system consolidates in-restaurant and online orders, a move some see as a growing need for restaurants as consumers return to dining out, while continuing to place online …
Read More »The CFPB Sees Room for Industry Standard-Setting Bodies in Open Banking
Although the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to develop a federal regulation governing the protection of consumer financial data shared through open banking, the agency says that open banking will be best served if it does not “micromanage” open banking itself. In October, the CFPB announced its intention to develop regulation …
Read More »With a New Card, Chase Looks to Woo New-To-Credit Customers
Chase, the consumer and commercial banking division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the United States, has launched Chase Freedom Rise, a credit card aimed at consumers with no credit history. Cardholders earn 1.5% cash back on every purchase, pay no annual fee, and have no minimum threshold for redeeming …
Read More »Nuvei Lands Nonprofit and Government SaaS Provider Sylogist
Sylogist Ltd., a global provider of software-as-a-service to more than 2,000 public-sector customers across the government, nonprofit, and education sectors, has selected Nuvei Corp. as its payments processor. Nuvei will provide Sylogist with payments functionality including support for mobile wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay. In addition, Nuvei …
Read More »Canadians Prefer Personal Financial Management Tools for Credit Card and Banking Apps
Card issuers and banks in Canada that offer apps featuring personal financial management tools are scoring higher in customer satisfaction and engagement than issuers and banks that don’t, according to research by J.D. Power. In a series of studies conducted earlier this year, J.D. Power found that many Canadian banks …
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