Investment

Two is better than one, especially when it comes to protecting a consumer's identity.

In much the same manner as banks use red dye packs to explode in stacks of stolen money, payment network providers expect tokenization will sabotage any hacker's attempts at data theft. But will their investment pay off, or will it disappear in a puff of smoke?

EMV is no stranger to the news cycle, with the card network 2015 liability shift approaching for many U.S. businesses.

Card data security has to become a 24-hour priority for businesses, not just when PCI compliance assessors come around for annual checkups, according to the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.

Computer hackers targeted JPMorgan Chase & Co. and at least four other banks in a coordinated attack on major financial institutions this month, according to a U.S. official.

According to Javelin Strategy & Research’s 2014 Identity Fraud Report, 13.1 million consumers became a victim of identity fraud in 2013—the second highest level on record. This means that 5% of the U.S. population is now being affected by identity fraud every year.

Jamie Topolski, the new director of alternative payment strategies for the Output Solutions division of Fiserv, expects that the U.S. migration to EMV will take as many as 10 years to complete.

Nacha, the electronic payments association, has stepped up scrutiny of the automated clearing house network in an attempt to weed out fraudulent charges.

The U.S. won a Dutch top court ruling allowing it to seek the extradition of a Russian man suspected of helping to lead a ring that hacked 17 companies including Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and 7-Eleven Inc.

Swisscard AECS AG, the Zurich-based joint venture of Credit Suisse AG and American Express, has implemented Entersekt's 3D secure-based mobile security system, Transakt.