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Breach train reaches Nordstrom
Nordstrom is telling staff a breach exposed employee names, Social Security numbers, account and routing numbers, salaries and other information, the latest in a long line of
The retail chain did not release further details on the breach, and is informing affected staff, reports
The Nordstrom incident may involved an insider, as the company investigates improper data handling by a contract worker, The Seattle Times reports.
Wrestling with mobile pay
U.K. mobile payment provider PM Connect has contracted with Vodacom to support mobile payment sports and entertainment subscription services in Africa.
The services include wrestling organization WWE, which will provide subscriber content in Africa for the first time, reports British new site
PM Connect will launch the service initially in South Africa, where Vodacom has nearly half of the mobile phone market, then expand to other African countries.
Data boost
British transaction consortium Pay.UK is soliciting companies to contribute to an "enhanced data project" as part of the group's New Payments Architecture program.
The initiative will create standards and add more information to payments such as structured data to provide context and visibility, part of a trend toward social payments that can be found in apps such as Venmo.
This includes the reason for the payment, tax information, personalized messages or transaction details.
Flipkart CEO resigns after misconduct allegations
Binny Bansal is leaving his post as CEO of Indian e-commerce company Flipkart after an investigation into personal misconduct.
Along with Sachin Bansal (no relation), Binny Bansal founded Flipkart in 2007, and the two Bansals reportedly favored
Off target
Hackers broke into Target's Twitter account as part of a bitcoin scam that has become more common.
The crooks made fake accounts of Elon Musk, which is counter to Twitter's terms of service, reports
In the case of Target, the hack resulted in a fake ad that The Verge reports was "promoted," suggesting it had gotten past Twitter's vetting process.
From the Web
TechBullion | Tue November 13, 2018 - The UK is reportedly well-positioned to be a global leader in the crypto economy, as the digital currency moves from strength to strength in popularity. These days, people in business want trust and certainty, especially in the UK where moments like Brexit are occurring.
TechCrunch | Tue November 13, 2018 - On November 11, Alibaba wrapped up Singles’ Day – the world’s largest shopping event – and hauled in $30.8 billion in total transactions, a staggering amount bigger than Cyber Monday and Black Friday combined. Instead of frantically inputting payment passwords to grab deals, Chinese users jumped on new technologies to shop in the blink of an eye.
The Straits Times | Tue November 13, 2018 - Partnerships and collaborations were coming thick and fast on the first day of the Singapore FinTech Festival yesterday. Three major ties-up were announced as start-ups and blue-chip companies look for ways to reap rewards in the fast-changing area of digital finance and payment.
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