Analytics

Some of you might be thinking, “Why is the PCI Security Standards Council so focused on the basics, like password security, with all these ‘advanced attacks’ going on right now?”

Digital coupon company Savor has extended the reach of its mobile shopping app, and plans to add Bluetooth beacons and card-linked offers to bring deals to consumers while they are in a store.

Visa Inc.'s CyberSource will provide its fraud management services to the travel industry through a partnership with Amadeus.

An issuer's decision to deploy EMV chip-and-signature credit cards in the U.S., rather than the chip-and-PIN model common in other countries, has as much to do with technology constraints as it does with Americans' reluctance to using a PIN.

The way in which customers navigate e-commerce and online banking sites provides analytics that could ultimately help secure their accounts.

WePay has hired digital payments expert Steven Pellizzer to serve as CFO as the company strengthens its international ambitions.

Document capture company Parascript and data manager Bull are looking for mistakes on checks in Brazil, a market in which payments fraud can be particularly complex and vexing for banks.

Corporate payment provider WEX has entered into an agreement to acquire Evolution1 for $532.5 million in cash.

The French interbank network in charge of governing card payments, Groupement des Cartes Bancaires CB, is expected to approve the use of biometric technology for authentication this year.

The numerous recent retailer data breaches have led issuers to realize that they may have to replace most of their cards with little or no warning.

Chinese restaurant chain P.F. Chang's has confirmed that the data breach it discovered Tuesday involved the theft of credit and debit cards.

The number of U.K. credit cards with balances that are over-limit reached its lowest point in more than two years, according to data from Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO).

PayPal is rebranding its Bill Me Later instant credit product to PayPal Credit.

By the end of 2015, 70% of U.S. credit cards and 41% of U.S. debit cards will be EMV enabled, and chip-and-signature will be preferred by issuers out of the gate, according to a recent survey.

P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc., a chain of Asian-themed restaurants, said it's investigating whether it was the target of a data breach following a report that stolen customer data had appeared online.

The payment processor First Data will provide its small and mid-size clients access to data security services provided from Trustwave.

P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc., a chain of Asian-themed restaurants, said it's investigating whether it was the target of a data breach following a report that stolen customer data had appeared online.

Affirm Inc. has raised $45 million to help it target consumers looking for new credit tools to make purchases online, Chief Executive Officer Max Levchin said at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing Summit.

WASHINGTON — Payday lenders are raising the stakes in their pushback on Operation Choke Point with a lawsuit against banking regulators, alleging that "back-room pressure of banks" to dissolve longstanding relationships with payday shops and others is unfairly harming the industry.

Mobile commerce provider Spindle has named a new vice president for its affiliate marketing program.