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This rise in data breaches and their resulting cost have companies asking “Am I doing enough to protect my data?” As breaches are expected to continue escalating, taking the proper steps to protect your data has never been more relevant or important.

Visa has created a new top post overseeing risk and public policy and named its next general counsel.

PayPal is recommending that some businesses upgrade their Payflow Gateway integrations to eliminate the risk of vulnerability associated with the widespread Heartbleed bug.

Prepaid program managers face a much different set of considerations than banks do when deciding how to deploy EMV-chip cards in the U.S.

Financial technology firm Fiserv has developed new anti-fraud systems for automated clearinghouse and wire payments.

A lot of merchants may not realize that they are using point of sale technology that runs on Windows XP, which Microsoft will no longer support after April 8.

Class actions related to Target Corp.'s massive data breach will be consolidated in the retailer's home state of Minnesota.

Data security provider Foregenix is in the thick of the endless war on cybercrime. And the payments industry's biggest weapons are no deterrent to fraudsters, says Andrew Henwood, CEO of U.K.-based Foregenix.

Vietnam Eximbank has implemented biometric technology for over-the-counter and ATM transactions where only fingerprint is needed for authentication.

Security vendor Trustwave has been named in another lawsuit filed against Target for damages related to the retailer's 2013 data breach.