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For the past two years, acquirers and processors have taken aim at the lengthy EMV chip-card certification process as a major stumbling block for U.S. merchants preparing to upgrade from magnetic stripe technology in time to avoid a shift in fraud liability.

PayPal is creating a new cyber-security center in Tel Aviv as part of its acquisition of Israeli security vendor CyActive.

Merchants are far from helpless bystanders as Apple and banks sort out who is responsible for stopping fraudulent cards from being enrolled in the Apple Pay mobile wallet.

Apple Pay, which pre-rollout was praised for its security features, was in the center of a storm this week when some called the security of Apple's mobile wallet into question, claiming that 6% of transactions are fraudulent.

Mobile malware has become easier for criminals to deploy, circumventing all antivirus and firewall solutions, as these viruses are delivered in the form of trusted applications we all install and can lead to m-commerce vulnerabilities.

A stolen company laptop has left customers of Pioneer Savings Bank vulnerable, according to a consumer alert from the New York State Department of Financial Services.

The age of the interactive card may have finally arrived, ushered in by the U.S. shift to the EMV standard.

Despite a series of large-scale data breaches over the past two years, identity theft fell for the second consecutive year in a row in the U.S., according to a new study released this week.

MasterCard and Visa are using Samsung's mobile wallet to further the adoption of tokenization and other security methods at the point of sale, but safety concerns still cast a shadow on mobile payments and commerce.

Uber Technologies, which operates a cab service and often partners with mobile payment providers to execute transactions, said an unauthorized third party accessed the company’s database last year and may have taken data on about 50,000 drivers.