February 13, 2015 - By the end of 2015, approximately 59 percent of U.S. point-of-sale locations will be chip-capable, says Aite Group.
February 12, 2015 - Following the recent partnership between PayPal and Shell which will see shell become the first fuels retailer in the UK to offer a mobile payment solution at pumps nationwide, Tom Lysemose Hansen, CEO and founder of app security specialist Promon says that many industries that are moving into mobile payments need to think more carefully than ever about how they protect customer data.
February 12, 2015 - Data breaches increased 49% in 2014 to one billion data records compromised, with cybercriminals targeting identity theft as a top breach category, according to research by Gemalto.
February 11, 2015 - Banco Santander (Suisse) SA has selected NG|Screener, the innovative software solution from NetGuardians, to help them proactively meet requirements in a strict international regulatory environment.
February 10, 2015 - SWIFT announces that it has been selected by the UK's Payments Council as the vendor for the country's Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) International Bank Account Number (IBAN) Only central infrastructure platform. The new platform will enable the accurate derivation of BICs from IBANs, a key requirement for financial institutions in SEPA wishing to initiate euro payments to the UK once the SEPA IBAN Only regulation (EC 260/2012) comes into force in 2016.
February 10, 2015 - With the influx of high profile digital data breaches in the past year, businesses and consumers alike have grown increasingly concerned over the amount of sensitive personal information at risk during online and mobile transactions. As attacks and fraud rapidly evolve and put hundreds of millions of consumers' identities at risk, the market is seeing swift adoption of solutions to address these growing security issues.
February 10, 2015 - Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services plans to introduce a strategic global regulatory reporting application for the energy market. The reporting solution will automate, and thereby facilitate, reporting of orders and trades on spot and derivatives markets as required under the EU Regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT), which will come into effect in 2015.
February 10, 2015 - BT announced today the launch of BT Assure Threat Intelligence, a new service designed to help organisations anticipate and defend against cyber threats, protecting their assets, customers and employees.