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The risks of fraud, along with the current reputation of such currencies as often being used for money laundering and other criminal activities, has caused worry in the market, writes John Verver, and advisor to ACL.

We’ll view this wild rally as the starting point of cryptocurrencies becoming mainstream. They cannot be defined as a fad any longer, writes Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group.

The concept is designed to free up workers to produce food and serve customers instead of handling payments.

The best course of action is to not focus advocacy efforts on the CFPB; rather, focus efforts on those members of Congress who support small business, deregulation and free enterprise, writes Rozanne Anderson, vice president and chief compliance officer for Ontario Systems.

Almost 10,000 merchants in Hong Kong and Macau will offer discounts throughout December to Alipay users from Mainland China. Merchants in India, Thailand, and other markets will also participate.

Establishing trust, especially when it comes to online payments, is critical. People need to feel secure and confident that their personal boundaries won’t be crossed or their information misused, writes Rik van't Hof, director of product management front-end for Ingenico e-commerce.

Card usage drops off fast after a false positive. In many cases, two false positives cause consumers to abandon a card permanently.

Discover's shift starts in April 2018. Mastercard has also eliminated signatures for credit and debit card transactions.

Airlink's knowledge of the local market and relationships with banks, acquirers and large merchants in region will help the Paris-based Ingenico grow in Taiwan and strengthen its position in Northeast Asia.

The incentive marks a new direction for card-linked offers, which have become a staple for many banks that offer the deals through third-party services like Cardlytics.