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Deep Dive: How Payment Card Networks Win Merchants Over
Deep Dive: How Payment Card Networks Win Merchants Over
April 01, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

U.S. shoppers made 72.7 billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. Consumers only see a small part of...

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Why Biometrics Could Be Key To Overcoming Contactless Payment Limits
Why Biometrics Could Be Key To Overcoming Contactless Payment Limits
March 11, 2020  |  Authentication

Contactless payments improve the speed of payments but could hit a brick wall at the point of sale if transactions exceed a certain amount. In...

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BMO’s Digital-First Transformation Unlocks Operational Efficiencies
BMO’s Digital-First Transformation Unlocks Operational Efficiencies
January 30, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Bank customers increasingly prefer self-service transactions over branch visits, and financial institutions (FIs) are meeting them where there. Investments in features — such as remote...

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NRF Warns Against EMV Verification Flaws
NRF Warns Against EMV Verification Flaws
January 09, 2020  |  Authentication

While the expanding adoption of EMV cards in the U.S. has helped to largely eliminate card-present counterfeit fraud at the physical point of sale, some...

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NRF On PIN-less EMV Cards And POS Fraud
NRF On PIN-less EMV Cards And POS Fraud
January 08, 2020  |  Authentication

The development of digital identity solutions shows no signs of slowing in the new decade, with the mobile biometrics market expected to add $28.45 billion...

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Steering Clear Of Banking’s ‘Single Point Of Failure’
Steering Clear Of Banking’s ‘Single Point Of Failure’
May 13, 2019  |  Authentication

Banking — especially mobile banking — offers ‘single points of failure’ that allow fraudsters to make off with victims’ data and money.  Karl Kilb III,...

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PCI Council Releases Standard For Software-Based PINs
PCI Council Releases Standard For Software-Based PINs
January 25, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The PCI Security Standards Council announced news on Wednesday (Jan. 24) that it has instituted a new PCI security standard having to do with PINs....

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A New Gift Card Hack For The Holidays
A New Gift Card Hack For The Holidays
December 11, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

There seems to be no such thing as a Christmas vacation when one’s main profession is defrauding consumers and businesses. It appears the ever-inventive thieves...

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Intercede And Centrify Ditch The Password
Intercede And Centrify Ditch The Password
April 13, 2017  |  Authentication

Usernames and passwords are shaping up to go the way of the dinosaur, the dodo and parachute pants. But the transition to stronger authentication measures has...

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