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AT&T is planning to test a fraud-detection service that will allow credit card companies to track the locations of customers who opt in.
June 5 -
U.S. citizens traveling to Brazil for the World Cup have been warned: beware the chupacabra. Card cloning is common in Brazil, so U.S. citizens should take precautions when withdrawing money and check account activity often, the U.S. Citizen Services office in Brazil said on its Twitter account.
June 4 -
Sam's Club plans to launch a cash back program for a new co-branded MasterCard that will also leverage EMV-chip technology, providing some much-needed momentum for the EMV migration in the U.S.
June 4 -
A data dump by hacktivists called Anonymous Ukraine, which triggered American Express to notify nearly 77,000 California residents of potential exposed information, is posing a public relations challenge for the card brand even though it says its internal systems were not breached.
June 4 -
No organization is immune to data breachesespecially small businesses without access to the same resources as larger merchants, requiring a vigorous security program that includes EMV and other protections at the point of sale.
June 4
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Bitcoin entrepreneur Erik Voorhees will pay more than $50,000 to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission that he failed to register a stock offering.
June 3 -
WASHINGTON The Senate Banking Committee approved a bill Tuesday to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for seven years.
June 3 -
CardFlight intends to incorporate Apple's fingerprint scanning technology into SwipeSimple, its mobile payment application for businesses.
June 3 -
Visa Inc., the world's biggest bank-card network, said Byron H. Pollitt Jr. plans to retire as chief financial officer within the next 12 months.
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Visa Inc. has announced a new specification for reloadable prepaid providers focused on simplifying fees and disclosures.
June 3



