We don’t know if you’re in the habit of reading the venerable Christian Science Monitor, but they’re a reliable source of what remains real news…
Category: AVP Solutions Merchant Info
Hacks Happening! But AVPS and SID Can Help!
We knew we’d have some “breachy” news to report this month — we always do — but little did we know how much! For starters…
Breaches Predicted; Help is Coming
The CIO website is rife with predictions on coming cyber threats and data breaches for the coming year, laid out across several different articles.
Happy New Year! And In A Time of Breaches, “SID” Is Coming!
Of course, just because the calendar changes, that doesn’t mean the issues, ideas, and economic trends of the previous year suddenly “go away” either.
Post-Monday Postmortem: More Now Shopping Online
And… we’re back! Still in mid-holiday season, and yet perched between Thanksgiving and that last round of Christmas/Hanukkah/New Year celebrating.
Study: Debit Cards Keep Outpacing Their Credit Counterparts
“The amount of debit cards is growing at a faster rate than that of credit cards, according to RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021 study,”…
Pushmi-pullyu: Payments on the Coming “Internet of Things”
The “Pushmi-pullyu” is, of course, a llama-like character from the Dr. Doolittle books and films — one with heads on either end…
Millennials and Credit Cards: Yes or No? Or both?
A recent New York Times piece has made some financial news, declaring that “data from the Federal Reserve indicates that the percentage of Americans under 35…
Stealing Payment Card Data “Dead Easy;” “Quickchip” Comes to NorCal
It’s a yin/yang, up-and-down week in payment and security news. Though to be sure, the downside hasn’t been “overly” down, in terms of major breaches…
