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Avoiding fraud committed by large-scale criminal organizations using stolen credit cards and botnets or proxy servers can be particularly difficult.

The sheer volume of data that collected by Internet-connected "things" — cars, homes, wearable devices, and yes, refrigerators — could help deepen banks' relationships with customers. But it also adds more avenues for security breaches and raises privacy concerns.

London has been a magnet for technology startups, buoyed by a favorable regulatory environment and proximity to many of the world's largest financial institutions.

WASHINGTON — Fannie Mae has delayed the roll out of its new automated underwriting system that will require mortgage lenders to use trended data for the first time in submitting their loans for approval.

NEW ORLEANS — Most people, if they thought about it, would admit the way digital identity is managed in the U.S. is suboptimal. Those truly in the know find much stronger words.

Discover is offering its version of Quick Chip for merchants to speed up the EMV chip card checkout process at the point of sale.

Local government agencies may no longer lower a driver's credit score because of unpaid traffic tickets or parking citations, according to a policy the three major credit bureaus agreed to in a legal settlement with 31 state attorneys general.

American Express has joined Visa and MasterCard in adjusting chargeback policies for merchants that have not yet migrated to chip card payments.

Retailers both online and off have noted an increase in chargebacks since the U.S. moved to microchip cards back in October. None of them are happy about it.

With 63% of all data breaches resulting from stolen, weak or default passwords, and recent compromises targeting millions of stored passwords, Fast Identity Online Alliance members say the time is now for device manufacturers and e-commerce merchants to embrace new authorization technology.

One of the supposed perks of EMV chip-card upgrades was that the process would enable more modern payment options such as mobile wallets. In practice, however, EMV is closing as many doors as it opens.

I’d like to suggest there is one more bubble which has yet to be called out, but is nevertheless pretty obvious to a handful of payments professionals who don’t practice the art of denial or are not paid to cover up the obvious symptoms. It’s the payments bubble.

Following a similar move from Visa last week, MasterCard is streamlining EMV certification and will adjust its fraud-cost policy for non-EMV compatible merchants.

Changing the rules in the middle of the game. Rescuing the investors who took big risks at the expense of those who behaved prudently. Undermining the credibility of the system.

Finland’s Bank of Aland is partnering with Gemalto to give customers bio-friendly payment cards that calculate their carbon footprints.

Visa is acknowledging a merchant EMV migration logjam by loosening fraud chargeback policies and enabling faster chip card certifications for merchants.

Despite some early success, it can’t be ignored that there are still many merchants that cannot accept EMV chip cards.

American Express has joined Visa and MasterCard as a major card brand offering faster authorization at the point of sale to ease the perception that EMV payments take too long.

Merchants and cardholders alike have been challenged by the perceived additional time to complete the EMV transaction. These concerns pushed both Visa and MasterCard to create a response to improve the speed of transacting: Visa's Quick Chip and MasterCard's M/Chip Fast.

A growing number of fintech companies say they no longer use FICO scores or are using them in a limited way. The open question is whether their alternative methods will be more effective.