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Seeking online merchants that are angry about fraud-related chargeback expense, Kount and Ethoca are partnering to tip off businesses about payment cards that have a track record of suspect transactions.

The administration's new step empowers Treasury to freeze assets of those behind attacks that harm the U.S. financial system or other "critical" infrastructures.

Mobile commerce is blurring the lines between card-present and card-not-present transactions, possibly even making the distinction—and the difference in pricing—irrelevant.

OpenEdge, the integrated payments unit of Global Payments, has reached a partnership to provide its EMV product to Carolina Software.

Chicago-based security vendor Trustwave says 90% of Verifone card readers it tested for the first time still carried the default password. These findings reinforce the perception that many merchants don't follow the basics when it comes to their own security.

When it comes to biometric authentication, Samsung is looking way beyond fingerprints.

Fresh off its success in the Philippines, Seattle-based transfer company Remitly is using mobile security and other digital features to tap other markets, where an endless supply of competitors and fraudsters await it.

As more mobile wallets come to market, security becomes a more common selling point. Some stick to tried-and-true methods like typing a PIN or password, but others are experimenting with less conventional ideas.

A long-awaited bill to enhance cybersecurity information sharing has taken a major step forward.

Throughout the U.S., many companies are still not covering the essentials when protecting their systems, but the enemy is getting increasingly sophisticated and relentless, Visa's risk chief said.