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Category: E-payment & Data Security


E-payment & Data Security, Tech

Retailers Must Embrace Financial Services, and Quickly

March 31, 2023

Via: Retail TouchPoints

Retailers know that customer engagement must be the focus of their marketing efforts. And it’s increasingly clear that brands that embrace financial services within the customer journey are scoring highly on engagement scores. The only problem is, for many retailers, […]


E-payment & Data Security, Tech

Mastercard integrates new AI ‘Cyber Shield’

March 21, 2023

Via: Charged

Mastercard has acquired Baffin Bay Networks to provide businesses with an AI ‘Cyber Shield’ against cyberattacks. Swedish-based Baffin Bay Networks enhances Mastercard’s “multi-layered approach to cybersecurity”, which allows the global payments giant to strengthen the services and value it provides […]


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Mastercard trials Digital ID for online shopping

March 20, 2023

Via: Charged

Mastercard has partnered with a New South Wales Government executive agency (NSW) and online liquor vendor Tipple in Australia to offer a smooth age verification process for customers shopping online. The new programme utilises Mastercard’s existing digital identity service, ID […]


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Online shopping and auctions attract record number of fraud reports

March 3, 2023

Via: Charged

The number of fraud reports made to Action Fraud, Cifas and UK Finance climbed by 6.49% in the past 12 months, resulting in an increase in losses of £20 million. This is according to research by personal loan provider Fluro, […]


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Zopa acquires BNPL platform DivideBuy

February 20, 2023

Via: Charged

Zopa is set to acquire BNPL platform DivideBuy, in a deal expected to increase its revenue by at least 20% over the next few years. The deal cements Zopa’s move into the embedded finance space and comes only two weeks […]


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Watch: Paying with your palm? Payments giant launches ‘world’s most secure’ solution

February 15, 2023

Via: Charged

Global payments leader Ingenico has unveiled what it calls the “future of payment”. “Introducing the world’s most secure, accurate and seamless biometric payment solution based on palm vein identification,” the company said in a release. The payments provider believes that […]


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Stopping Ecommerce Fraud: How Technology can Help

February 13, 2023

Via: Retail TouchPoints

For many, it comes as no surprise that increased digital adoption has enabled new forms of fraudulent activity as adversaries become increasingly hungry for their next target. With this, fraud continues to be a growing risk for businesses all year […]


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Co-op taps PayPal to give shoppers additional payment choice

February 3, 2023

Via: Charged

Co-op and PayPal have partnered up to give shoppers extended choice when it comes to paying at checkout. The solution is now available for shoppers as a payment option for purchases of online home delivery orders and Click and Collect […]


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Just 16% of shoppers feel confident in managing data privacy and security

January 31, 2023

Via: Charged

Just 16% of UK consumers feel completely confident in managing their data privacy and security online according to a new report from smart home security company Ring. The research reveals that 24% of UK adults had their email hacked, password […]


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PayPal ties up with Bold Commerce

January 25, 2023

Via: Charged

PayPal has announced it is partnering with ecommerce tech company Bold Commerce. PayPal is working with Bold Commerce to bring payments and commerce together as the fintech company moves into the growing headless commerce market. “Payment choice and flexibility have […]


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Amazon expands Stripe partnership to enhance online payments

January 24, 2023

Via: Charged

Amazon is expanding its partnership with Stripe, deepening the two companies’ long-standing relationship. Under the new agreement, Stripe will become a strategic payments partner for Amazon in the US, Europe, and Canada, processing a significant portion of Amazon’s total payments […]


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Four Ways Hackers are Outsmarting Retail Cybersecurity

January 19, 2023

Via: Retail TouchPoints

Cybercriminals are constantly evolving their tools and tactics for breaching corporate networks. As retailers get better at protecting their networks from traditional cyberattacks, hackers are adapting to this challenge by finding new security weaknesses, updating old tricks and exploiting new […]


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2023: Ring in Retail Profits by Stopping Automated Threats

January 3, 2023

Via: Retail TouchPoints

With shrinking margins, economic uncertainty, and growing cyber risks from automated threats, retailers face continued challenges in 2023. Becoming proficient at navigating these obstacles is key to protecting retail profits. This article reveals effective strategies to safeguard brands’ customers, reputation […]


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The Ongoing Battle to Protect Consumer Payment Card Data

December 30, 2022

Via: Retail TouchPoints

Buying goods online is second nature to most of us. Using our payment card whilst we shop online rarely gives us pause, and the many millions who buy online generally trust the system. However, the recent busy shopping season means […]


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New Look partners with digital payments firm Primer

December 14, 2022

Via: Charged

Fashion retailer New Look has partnered with digital payments firm Primer, to enhance its ecommerce operations. Founded by alums of Braintree and PayPal, the payments company provides a drag and drop framework for merchants to build online payment stacks. The […]


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Card payments soared to 90% of retail transactions in 2021

December 9, 2022

Via: Charged

Card payments soared to 90% of total retail spending in 2021, with 82% of transactions on either on debit or credit card, up from 75% of transactions in 2020, according to the latest annual Payments Survey from the British Retail […]


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Amazon may reach EU antitrust settlement by end of year

November 28, 2022

Via: Charged

Amazon may be able to end two EU antitrust investigations by the end of the year, after changing concessions to tackle concerns over its use of sellers’ data, Reuters reports. By settling the EU investigations, the ecommerce giant will avoid […]


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Expedia partners with BNPL provider Afterpay

November 22, 2022

Via: Charged

Online travel company Expedia has partnered with buy now pay later solution Afterpay, offering its customers the chance to spread the cost of payments. Travelers booking flights and hotels from Expedia in a co-branded feature in the Afterpay app can […]


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Retail sector is ‘woefully underprepared’ for Black Friday cyber attacks

November 10, 2022

Via: Charged

New research from global Coalfire Coalfire has found that retail is one of the worst-performing sectors when it comes to defending against cyberattacks. The analysis comes just as retailers across the UK are gearing up for the vital Christmas trading […]


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Is transactional data the key to understanding retail customer behavior?

November 9, 2022

Via: RetailWire

Presented here for discussion is a summary of a current article published with permission from Knowledge@Wharton, the online research and business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “The Customer-Base Audit,” co-authored by Wharton marketing professor […]