Unfortunately, both this week and next, we have a couple of scams affecting merchants to warn you about, either trying to pry money out of merchants directly…
Tag: credit card news
PCI Sets New Security Standards – Gets Surprising Pushback
As the Finextra website reminds us, “merchants and other businesses globally use ‘PA-DSS Validated’ software to ensure they can safely accept payments, both in-store and online.”
Senator Sets Sights on Slow EMV Rollout
We’ve reported here not only on the coming of EMV standards to American debit and credit cards — those “extra” chips that create unique codes for each sale…
NerdWallet and NASDAQ on the Wise Use of Credit Cards
We often hear that too much use of credit cards — as opposed to debit card use — is a sign of household budgetary woes, and eventual drowning under unmanageable interest.
Here Are EMV Quick Chips
There have been various impediments to the adoption of an EMV standard here in America — that extra chip on a credit or debit card that assigns every transaction a unique code, preventing the re-use of information…
Small World, After All: The Effects of Card Use on Global Economies
“Greater worldwide card use raises a number of questions.” We would concur, and in fact say that wanting to answer those questions for you, and your business…
“Fintech” and Futures
Last week, we touched on a word that any reader of this blog should probably add to her vocabulary at this point: “Fintech.” As we noted, it’s a contraction of “Financial Technology,” and it’s popping up everywhere — particularly in studies of how fast…
Drowning, Ransoming — and Staying Safe (Pt. II)
Last week, we mentioned the new “Drown” security leak, a flaw in grandfathered internet protocols that is leaving, according to SC Magazine, over 600 frequently…
VISA Revenue Up and So Is Chip Card Use — Along With Fraud Costs
An array of studies reveal interesting new “market metrics” for the economy, at least from the payment card side of the equation. Visa revenue in Europe is up 25% — to an all time high, as Pymnts.com reports.
