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The Star EFT network, which has been working for several years on ways to enable cardholders to conduct PIN-debit transactions with online merchants, said on Thursday it will offer a service from CardinalCommerce Corp. that promises to allow issuers to choose how to authenticate users of PIN-debit cards in …
Read More »Awareness of PCI Remains “Shockingly Low” Among Small Merchants, Study Finds
Small merchants are not much more aware of—let alone compliant with—the Payment Card Industry data-security standard (PCI) than they were a year ago, according to a study released this week. Some 53% of small merchants are now at least aware of PCI, a small increase from the 47% a similar …
Read More »Federal Agencies Turn a Watchful Eye on Third-Party Payments Providers
Already the subject of new debit card regulations, the payments industry is coming in for more scrutiny from the federal government. A Federal Trade Commission official told attendees at a merchant-acquiring conference on Thursday that the government has formed a task force to monitor third-party payment-services providers. The feds’ …
Read More »Survey Reveals Small-Bank Jitters About Regulation, Fraud, Rapid Change
Many community bankers say their payment revenues are declining, and they are bracing for hits from higher expenses from complying with regulations and from fraud while at the same time trying to ramp up new services such as mobile payments. The findings come from the Independent Community Bankers of …
Read More »Top-Down Solutions Are Questioned at Fraud-Control Conference
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Read More »A NACHA Proposal, out for Comment, Calls for Networkwide Same-Day ACH
The automated clearing house network took a crucial step toward faster transaction movement last Friday when NACHA, the network’s governing body, distributed a request for comment on a proposal for same-day settlement. NACHA sent the 22-page document, which sets out a proposed system called Expedited Processing and Settlement (EPS), …
Read More »The Malware Menace Gets More Malicious
n Citing research from three Aite studies as well as interviews with 40 fraud-control vendors, Aite predicts that the amount of malware and losses from it are in for their own boom. Based on data from Panda Security, Aite senior analyst Julie Conroy McNelley estimates that 25 million new, unique …
Read More »Retailers Should Brace for More Fraud After a Lull in Losses, Study Says
The good news: merchants’ total losses from fraudulent transactions are down. The bad news: losses are likely to rise. More bad news: fraudsters are taking a liking to alternative and mobile payments. Those are some of the key findings from the third annual “LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud” study …
Read More »U.S. Treasury Electronic-Benefit Campaign Gears up As Checks Dwindle
Nearly nine months after introducing a rule requiring recipients of Social Security and certain other benefits to switch from checks to electronic deposit, the U.S. Treasury Department says the number of check recipients has dipped below 9 million for the first time in decades. The agency is now in …
Read More »Responding to Merchant Demand, Shazam Prepares Dual-Message PIN Debit
n In a related move, Shazam is also testing applications written for both the iPhone and Android mobile operating systems that will let store staffers move away from checkout counters and use mobile devices to complete PIN-debit transactions anywhere on the sales floor. These apps will also become available …
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