Payment Security
UK payments industry prepares for new watchdog
June 16, 2014 - The UK will get a new payments regulator next year, while the industry is busy working on its own 'roadmap'. Finextra spoke to key players from both sides about how they will work with each other.
Kalixa CEO Ed Chandler voted most influential person in payments 2014
June 13, 2014 - Ed Chandler, CEO of Kalixa, has today been voted the most influential person in the European payments sector, building on his third place from last year. The Payments Power 10 is organised by leading industry event PayExpo 2014 and recognises the ten most influential figures in the European payment industry. The shortlist is an elite group of payments leaders that includes executives from Google, MasterCard and Vocalink.
Russia frees jailed card exec to build national payment system - report
June 4, 2014 - The boss of a Russian payments firm who was jailed last year for organising a cyberattack on a rival's website, has been released early in exchange for helping to build the country's new national payments system, a local journalist has claimed.
Sipay Plus payment gateway gets PCI DSS 3.0 certification
May 29, 2014 - The Spanish company Sipay Plus, is the first European payment gateway with this certification, in its new version 3.0 level 1, for card payment data security standard PCI DSS.
PCI Security Standards Council calls for password security ambassadors
June 12, 2014 - Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 10th Annual America's Small Business Summit and Small Business Expo this week, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), an open, global forum for the development of payment card security standards, initiated a call for 50 organizations to step forward in a collaborative effort to increase payment security awareness in the global small business community.
AmEx writes to customers after Anonymous dumps card data
June 3, 2014 - American Express is writing to around 75,000 Californian customers to warn them that their card data has been posted online by Anonymous Ukraine.
MasterCard ups security for US cardholders
May 28, 2014 - MasterCard today announced enhancements to its industry leading security efforts, providing U.S. cardholders with greater protection from fraud and identity theft.
US restaurant chain PF Chang's investigates possible data breach
June 11, 2014 - US restaurant chain PF Chang's China Bistro has confirmed that is investigating a data breach that may have seen customer card details stolen.
Bitcoin to have 'profound' impact on trust-based markets - Wedbush analysts
May 30, 2014 - Bitcoin may currently be going through an "adoption chasm" but the crypto-currency will have a profound societal effect, shaking up payments markets and other industries over the next few years, analysts from Wedbush Securities have predicted.
EBay tells users to change passwords after database hack
May 21, 2014 - EBay is asking users to change their passwords because of a cyber-attack that compromised a database containing user data. But the online auction house says that there is no evidence that PayPal accounts have been compromised.
UK card spending tops £0.5 trillion in 2013
June 5, 2014 - UK card spending has more than doubled over the last decade, topping half a trillion pounds last year, according to industry figures.
Nepal's Nabil Bank gets ready for EMV with Fime
May 27, 2014 - Fime has announced the completion of a period of consultancy and testing to validate Nabil Bank's point of sale (POS) terminals and host acquirer platform infrastructure to UnionPay, MasterCard and Visa specifications.
CyberArk Simplifies Meeting PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance to Protect ‘Keys to IT Kingdom’
May 21, 2014 - In the face of increasing cyber-attacks on the retail industry, including recent attacks on Michaels Stores, Neiman Marcus, and others, CyberArk has released a new white paper demonstrating how retailers can comply with the latest Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) regulations.
