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MasterCard and telcommunications technology provider Syniverse are testing a service designed to protect card transactions for travelers by allowing payments only when a user's mobile device is switched on in a specific location.

PayPal will support mobile fingerprint authentication on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile phone, enabling Samsung customers to use their fingers to log in to shop at merchants who accept PayPal.

According to new fraud prevention company Forter, the best way for merchants to combat electronic payments fraud is hand off the responsibility entirely.

EMV security is in the spotlight after a recent string of retailer breaches affecting magnetic-stripe card data, but many critics call EMV-chip cards "last decade's technology."

Retail giant Target Corp.'s headache-inducing data breach brings to mind the 1982 Tylenol poisoning crisis—an event that drug maker Johnson & Johnson handled with such aplomb that it restored public confidence in its medicine, altered the way retailers handle product safety and established itself as the gold standard for crisis management.

Target's cybersecurity staff urged the retailer to review the security of its payments system at least two months before hackers compromised its network, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Data security is becoming a higher priority in board meetings at corporations, but IT teams are feeling the stress of implementing new security technology in addition to its various other tasks, a new Trustwave study says.

A new security update on PayPal's mobile application aims to prevent fraudsters from taking over customer accounts.

When the Fast IDentity Alliance was established in 2012 to develop stronger e-commerce security, founding member Nok Nok Labs was already building the foundation for its authentication standard.

Retail and financial services trade groups have launched a new partnership aimed at improving cybersecurity across both industries.