Retailers

After a decline, fraud has recently spiked. But there are measures companies can take to stay ahead of the crooks, says Nvoicepay's Alyssa Callahan.

New smartphones have subtle differences that require more complex security solutions, says Fingerprints' Ted Hansson.

Last week, Indian regulators ordered an antitrust probe of Walmart and Amazon while Jeff Bezos and other Amazon execs traveled to New Delhi to tout a $1 billion investment to digitize local businesses. The message is U.S. investment is welcome, as long as U.S.-driven data mining is kept at bay.

Criminals will react to the EU legislation by changing their modus operandi, says Nets' Sune Gabelgard.

The ransomware attack chain uses a number of methods to infect an organization's systems, which can easily bypass an entire organizational security framework in seconds, according to Exabeam's Richard Cassidy

The National Retail Federation's annual conference, taking place this week in New York, is home to many innovations that could change the way merchants accept payments.

Sophisticated attacks will show lower volume in many cases but attempt to emulate user behavior, says NuData Security’s Robert Capps.

Shopify has provided merchant cash advance services for the last three years for established online retailers, but newcomers with no transaction history typically were turned away.

Data privacy regulations may be improving, and tech companies may now be forced to be more transparent about their practices, but the fact remains that vast quantities of personally identifying information are already out in the wild, says TRUSTID's Patrick Cox.

In the near future, payments will be part of the shopping experience itself. Technology that lets customers pay in the fitting room – or automatically, as they walk out of a store – will likely become an everyday reality, says Wirecard's Susanne Steidl.