Fraud & Security

In an effort to tackle the growing problem of digital-payment fraud, Early Warning Services LLC on Tuesday introduced Authentify, an account-based identity-verification service for consumers and businesses. When loaded on to a business’s Web site or app, Authentify streamlines the customer identity-verification process by allowing consumers to share their bank-account …

Payments provider TouchBistro launched TouchBistro Marketing, aimed at helping restaurants connect and market to customers via custom marketing campaigns. The new system links to TouchBistro’s restaurant-management platform.Innovative Payment Solutions Inc. announced the second phase of its IPSIPay App with approval from Visa Inc. for use of Visa debit cards within the app.PayPal Holdings …

The drive towards open banking gained additional momentum Friday with the announcement Friday of a partnership between Qolo, an omnichannel platform provider to fintechs, and open-banking platform provider MX Technologies Inc. The partnership, which formalizes an existing working relationship between the two companies that has produced more than 30 joint …

Some 79% of cybersecurity professionals globally said their organizations had been hit by ransomware within the last 12 months, according to a survey of 620 respondents conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group and commissioned by OwnBackup, a data protection platform.Payments provider Repay Holdings Corp. announced an integration with Flex, a provider of core system …

Retailers worldwide lose billions every year due to chargebacks, and a significant and growing portion of them are a result of chargeback fraud. However, it doesn’t have to be that way if businesses are proactive about implementing the right prevention strategies.  Chargeback fraud can be defined as when an individual …

Payments providers are increasingly resuming business-as-usual as the pandemic eases, but so are criminals. Losses from identity-fraud schemes, in which fraudsters use stolen payment credentials for their own gain, soared 79% last year to $24 billion, according to a study released Tuesday by Javelin Strategy & Research. Moreover, this so-called …

Unattended payments specialist Cantaloupe Inc. launched ePort Engage Combo, a new all-in-one card reader and telemeter, digital touchscreen, and payment platform that can be installed directly over existing bill acceptors.Payments provider Trust Payments has signed agreements with three independent sales organizations—Provident Advisor Group, DPS Card Services, and Card Dynamics—to sell Trust Payments’ new e-commerce …

Panini S.p.A., which has been expanding beyond its base in devices for image processing, said early Tuesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation has certified its fingerprint-authentication technology, called BioCred. The scanning technology meets image-quality specifications set by the FBI’s Appendix F standard, said to be the law-enforcement agency’s highest standard …

Payments provider Payfare Inc. announced it is adding Visa Direct to its platform to enable real-time payouts to gig workers.Cloud-based payments provider Volante Technologies said it is working with the consulting firm KPMG to offer banks cloud technology for real-time payments, along with an advisory service.Mastercard Inc. is working in the United Kingdom with Temenos, …

The European Union on Thursday advanced legislation to curb the power of tech companies, legislation that would force them to provide more billing options to consumers on their highly popular app stores. In related news, Google and the big music streaming service Spotify this week announced Spotify users with Android …