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MoneyGram plans to restructure its executive lineup and other aspects of its organization as it works to expand consumer-facing services and manage its investments in anti-fraud and compliance programs.

The recent retail data breaches are drawing attention to instant card issuance as a way to repair consumer relationships.

Facebook Connect, which lets Internet users log into other websites by typing their Facebook credentials, seems to be everywhere. But perhaps it should not be in mobile payments, SCVNGR's LevelUp has decided.

As more detail comes to light about how Target's data breach occurred, retailers need to completely rethink their approach to protecting card data.

First Data is partnering with The Members Group to offer financial institutions a streamlined process for issuing EMV-chip cards.

Feedzai is attempting to sell the U.S. on a multichannel approach to card data security in the wake of the recent data breaches afflicting major retailers.

Payment infrastructure systems provider Pay.On plans to combine its distribution network with that of fraud prevention specialist Kount.

The number of fraud victims is dramatically increasing, indicating that consumers and the payments industry as a whole have to become more vigilant in their security, new research says.

Target Corp. will move toward EMV smartcards and chip-and-PIN technology at least six months sooner than the card networks' October 2015 timeline for the security measure, says John Mulligan, Target's chief financial officer.

Federal legislation is needed to enhance cyber-threat information sharing so that good-faith responsive actions and information sharing will not trigger legal liability.