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WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are calling for immediate action to pass long-stalled data-security legislation in the face of last week’s news of a massive data breach at cards processor Global Payments Inc. (see story).
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A technical problem affecting the Visa network barred consumers from using their credit and debit cards for about 45 minutes on Sunday, the cards company said.
April 2 -
Braintree has opened the door to its online payment services to more than 110,000 merchants using Magento Inc.’s eCommerce Solutions as its online shopping cart, the company announced March 29.
April 2 -
Global Payments Inc. now confirms it is the source of the huge breach affecting cards carrying the major network brands (see story).
March 30 -
Ingenico SA plans to provide wireless terminals for more than 500 retail stores throughout the Canary Islands to support consumers using the Cajasiete Sincontacto contactless card, the French terminal maker announced March 30.
March 30 -
TenPay has signed a strategic agreement to provide Taikang Life Insurance Co. Ltd. online payment and settlement services, the China-based third-party payments provider announced this week.
March 30 -
If the Merchant Advisory Group is nothing else, it sure has been a persistent voice in supporting chip-and-PIN card transactions as the most-secure option for eventual U.S. acceptance of EMV smart cards.
March 30 -
Yespay International Ltd. has added advanced encryption to its global card-payment service, the London-based company announced this week.
March 30 -
Carpet cleaners, window cleaners, gardeners and operators in other trades working individually or with small companies traditionally have not accepted payment cards because of the costs involved. Acceptacard Ltd. is hoping to resolve the expense dilemma, at least in the United Kingdom.
March 29 -
The 2011 complaint data in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) recent report to Congress paints an inaccurate portrait of consumer complaints against the third-party debt collection industry, according to ACA International, the largest association for debt collection agencies.
March 29
