A deadly disease has proven a boon for some key trends while threatening cash and opening new avenues for fraud. An industry whose closest familiarity with viruses has come from the kind that infects computers has for most of this year had to contend with a pathogen that has sickened …

Yet another unwelcome effect of the Covid-19 pandemic is a wave of chargebacks. What can acquirers, merchants, and issuers do to limit the damage? An increasingly serious manifestation of the economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is chargebacks, and plenty of them. With the outbreak freezing the economy for …

All card schemes are now on board with the new deadline for the U.S. EMV liability shift in April 2021. So, the time to upgrade—if you haven’t—is now.  Adding EMV chip readers both inside a store and at automated fuel dispensers (AFDs) isn’t intended to be a hardship for gas …

E-commerce spending in the United States surged 93% in May, compared to May 2019, according to Mastercard Inc.’s SpendingPulse data service.Installment-payment technology provider Splitit Payments Ltd. said it signed a multiyear deal with Mastercard Inc. to provide access to Splitit’s installment options through Mastercard’s merchant network. Split and Mastercard also plan to jointly …

By Giact Business email compromise (“BEC”) attempts have skyrocketed in recent weeks. According to the FBI, fraud operators are using the “uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic to further their efforts.”  With many in the U.S. shifting to a work-from-home environments, without the infrastructure and security in place to defend against …

Here’s a look at the impact integrated payments can have on the vet industry. The global veterinary-services market is projected to reach $200 billion in 2020. Indeed, the landscape is quickly evolving, creating more demanding needs from practice managers looking to reduce costs, improve the customer experience, and generate revenue. …

One of the great lessons for merchants coming through the Covid-19 experience is that one sales channel is not enough. As the impact of the shelter-in-place rules and the closing of non-essential businesses rippled through the economy, one payments technology began to grow in importance: integrated payments. And it took …

Vesta, a vendor of fraud-fighting technology, said it has received a $125 million growth-capital investment from Goldfinch Partners.Fiserv Inc. said True Sky Credit Union will move to its platform for core account processing, including access to the Zelle peer-to-peer payments network.Mastercard Inc. launched Recovery Insights, a set of data and tools aimed at …

After years of working with Internet firms and payments and tech companies to develop its authentication standards, the Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance on Wednesday unveiled a Web site to familiarize consumers with its work and a symbol that indicates a Web site or device is using its technology. The …

Point-of-sale lender LendingUSA LLC launched an instant ID-verification capability, which involves applicants using a smart phone to take and transmit photos of government-issued ID cards and selfie photos. The company says its merchant base exceeds 8,000 nationally.A startup called Skyflow said it has raised $7.5 million in a seed funding round aimed at developing …