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Most—79%—of Cybersecurity Pros Claim Ransomware Attacks in Past Year and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/1/22

Some 79% of cybersecurity professionals globally said their organizations had been hit by ransomware within the last 12 months, according to a survey of 620 respondents conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group and commissioned by OwnBackup, a data protection platform.Payments provider Repay Holdings Corp. announced an integration with Flex, a provider of core system …

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PCI DSS 4.0 Released and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/31/22

The PCI Security Standards Council published version 4 of the PCI Data Security Standard. Features of the new standard include, among other changes, updated firewall terminology and a requirement to implement multi-factor authentication for access to the cardholder data environment.Processor Adyen said it is expanding beyond payments to offer embedded financial products, including Adyen …

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Losses From Stolen Identities Skyrocketed 79% to $24 Billion in 2021, a Javelin Study Finds

Payments providers are increasingly resuming business-as-usual as the pandemic eases, but so are criminals. Losses from identity-fraud schemes, in which fraudsters use stolen payment credentials for their own gain, soared 79% last year to $24 billion, according to a study released Tuesday by Javelin Strategy & Research. Moreover, this so-called …

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Cantaloupe’s New All-in-One Vending Device and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/30/22

Unattended payments specialist Cantaloupe Inc. launched ePort Engage Combo, a new all-in-one card reader and telemeter, digital touchscreen, and payment platform that can be installed directly over existing bill acceptors.Payments provider Trust Payments has signed agreements with three independent sales organizations—Provident Advisor Group, DPS Card Services, and Card Dynamics—to sell Trust Payments’ new e-commerce …

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Eye on Security: Panini Meets FBI Standards, And VGS Gets Set to Launch Card Tokens

Panini S.p.A., which has been expanding beyond its base in devices for image processing, said early Tuesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation has certified its fingerprint-authentication technology, called BioCred. The scanning technology meets image-quality specifications set by the FBI’s Appendix F standard, said to be the law-enforcement agency’s highest standard …

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Payfare Lines up Visa Direct and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/29/22

Payments provider Payfare Inc. announced it is adding Visa Direct to its platform to enable real-time payouts to gig workers.Cloud-based payments provider Volante Technologies said it is working with the consulting firm KPMG to offer banks cloud technology for real-time payments, along with an advisory service.Mastercard Inc. is working in the United Kingdom with Temenos, …

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A Sezzle Survey Says Consumers Expect To Make Even Greater Use Of BNPL This Year

Two years after the Covid-19 pandemic helped make buy now, pay later loans popular with online shoppers, BNPL remains a highly attractive payment option, according to a study by BNPL provider Sezzle Inc. Of the 1,153 online shoppers surveyed by Sezzle, 60% of BNPL users plan to use BNPL more …

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Eye on the Sky: CellPoint Signs Virgin Atlantic, And Garmin Unveils a New Smart Watch

The return of travel following the impact of the pandemic is testing airlines in various ways, not the least of which is their openness to payment methods beyond cards in what for them is a global market. That new emphasis, combined with a need to work with multiple acquirers, is …

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European And Google Moves Portend More Billing Options for Consumers in Online App Stores

The European Union on Thursday advanced legislation to curb the power of tech companies, legislation that would force them to provide more billing options to consumers on their highly popular app stores. In related news, Google and the big music streaming service Spotify this week announced Spotify users with Android …

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Sightline Payments Selects J.P. Morgan Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/25/22

Sightline Payments said it has chosen J.P. Morgan Payments as its primary merchant acquirer and processor for Sightline’s Play+ service, which works with more than 80 companies to support sports betting, lotteries, and online and physical casinos in more than 40 states. Play+ has more than 1.5 million accountholders.In related news, J.P. …

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