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Jim Daly Despite the growing acceptance of pot in some states, the legal marijuana industry has a tough time getting payment-card processing and other banking services. When, if ever, will the smoke clear? Could a multibillion-dollar new merchant market be going up in smoke because of a conflict between state …
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Endpoint: Why PCI Is Winning
Don’t let all the latest data-breach news distract you from one overriding fact: PCI is securing more and more card data from hackers, says Bob Russo. Some in the security business amplify these breach episodes to disparage their competitors and leverage fear to generate new sales pipelines. Bob Russo is …
Read More »A Smart Phone in Hand Could Mean Cash in Pocket From an ATM
Security and convenience-conscious consumers wielding smart phones may one day have a safer and easier way to get cash from ATMs. ATM maker Diebold Inc. is testing a cash-dispensing-only ATM that relies on a mobile wallet to authenticate the consumer, eschewing a PIN pad and card reader. The ATM, …
Read More »Prepaid Acquisition Opens A New Market for Cachet and Remote Check Capture
Cachet Financial Solutions Inc.’s acquisition of DeviceFidelity’s Moneto prepaid mobile platform will help open new markets for the remote-deposit capture company. n Remote-deposit capture is Cachet’s core business, Larry Blaney, executive vice president of sales, tells Digital Transactions News. But in the past two years client demand for services beyond …
Read More »Two More Data Breaches, But Little Concern by Small Businesses for Card Security
Given the massive news coverage about payment card security since December in the wake of Target Corp.’s huge data breach and other ones at Neiman Marcus Group and Michaels, you might think that data protection is top of mind among small-business owners. Not so, according to results of a new …
Read More »Components: April Fools?
Jim Daly Microsoft next month will cease support for its Windows XP operating system, which runs hundreds of thousands of ATMs. But many ATM deployers seem to have adopted a “what, me worry?” attitude. In the ATM world, April 8, 2014, could go down as April Fools’ Day a week …
Read More »Cover Story: Prepaid’s Big Makeover
Prepaid card program managers and issuers are moving beyond their original customer base and ramping up offerings, producing intense competition and falling prices. By Jane Adler Shopped at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. lately? A trip past the checkout lane reveals a robust array of new prepaid card offerings. For example, Wal-Mart’s …
Read More »Security: Buyer Beware
Lon A. Berk Counting on cyber-insurance to cover fraud loss could be a big mistake if the policy excludes man-in-the-middle attacks or other common scenarios. You are in charge of finances for a small business and are on vacation at the beach. Suddenly, you remember you have forgotten to pay …
Read More »Mobile Photo Bill Pay Helps Bring in Younger, Higher-Income Customers, U.S. Bank Exec Says
By John Stewart Nearly a year after its launch, a service at U.S. Bank that lets customers enter biller details and pay bills by snapping photos of the bills with a smart phone is helping the banking giant make big gains with mobile users, a critical demographic group, a U.S. …
Read More »By Snapping up C-Sam, MasterCard Bolsters Mobile Capability, Matches Rivals
MasterCard Inc.’s purchase Monday of C-Sam Inc., a mobile wallet technology company, boosts the card brand’s ability to provide mobile wallet services via a variety of payment methods, suggests a payment analyst. MasterCard paid an undisclosed amount for the Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based C-Sam, which began offering a mobile wallet …
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