Hearts to Be Celebrated This Weekend But Watch for the “Heartbreak of Hackery!”

If you’re not counting the Super Bowl, the upcoming Valentine’s Day weekend (which, by virtue of President’s Day making it a three day holiday!)…

Beyond the Headlines–The Real Faces of Credit Card Fraud

We’ve heard plenty of news regarding credit card data breaches at hotels and retailers across the nation. In fact, these occurrences come so frequently that they now seem to become “white noise” in the background of our social consciousness.

Uber Account Security Needs a Lift — and Other Trends in Payments

No sooner do we finish arranging a morning Uber ride for our son, than we sit down to sift through the week’s financial news — always redacted and highlighted here for your edification…

Long Noodles, Whole Fish, New Hacks, and Other New Year’s Business

And so we come to our last post (and newsletter !) of 2015, with 2016 just a couple of days away (or perhaps a couple hours…

Holiday Snapshot: Shopping Goes Cyber, EMVs Go Slower, Customers Keep Going

As we hit the midpoint between the Black-and-Cyber shopping weekend, and the big event of Christmas itself, with Hanukkah now behind us and New Year’s (and the post-holiday sales!) still ahead…

The True Cost of Fraud — And the Future Beyond Cards

We are at a kind of “nexus” in the world of payments already — between the old and the new, the secure and the not-so-secure, the wired and the wireless. So it may well be fitting…

Back to the Breach — or “Who Watches the Watchmen?”

Experian is one of the three main credit reporting agencies whose reporting affects your FICO score as an individual. They also offer various “credit monitoring” services…

Expand Your Ecommerce Business

Your small business is growing, and the best way to reach new customers is through a well-designed website. A website can take a brick-and-mortar business…

The Week in Breaches: Safety Quiz, Expert Advice, Company Liability

The Week in Breaches: Safety Quiz, Expert Advice, Company Liability Introduction Breaches and hacks have once again filled the “electronic…