Klarna AB has unveiled Klarna Card, a debit card offering the choice to pay immediately or later. The product incorporates the Visa Flexible Credential technology from Visa Inc. In other Visa news, the card network appointed Andrew Torre president of value-added services, replacing Antony Cahill, who has been appointed regional president and …
Read More »COMMENTARY: Online Marketplaces: A Dynamic, Growing, and High-stakes Environment
As online marketplaces continue to reshape global commerce, the opportunities for these businesses—and their payment providers—are vast. Yet, as recent trends demonstrate, so are the risks. Online marketplaces and their payment providers are increasingly at the center of a growing web of sophisticated fraud, regulatory scrutiny, and legal accountability. Challenges …
Read More »Isaacman Grounded from NASA and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/2/25
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Jared Isaacman, Shift4 Payments Inc. founder and chief executive, as the nominee to lead NASA, the Associated Press reported. In a statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “After a thorough review of prior associations I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared …
Read More »Expect More AI in Fraud Prevention Measures, a Survey Finds
As the nascent artificial-intelligence field develops, financial institutions are readying to adopt AI in their fraud-prevention measures just as criminals are devising AI-enabled ways to make their schemes more harmful. Evidence of this is that 43% of financial institutions surveyed for the DataVisor “2025 Fraud and AML Executive Report” will …
Read More »Eye on Fraud Prevention: TIS’s Fraud Prevention Boost; Chargeflow and Seon’s Integration
The more than 7,000 U.S. travel agencies have another tool to help prevent fraud with a new service from Travel Industry Solutions. Meanwhile, chargeback-automation platform Chargeflow and Seon, a fraud-prevention and compliance provider, have integrated Chargeflow’s technology into the Seon platform. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based TIS says its tool is the …
Read More »Visa’s Payments Forum Notes a Digital ID Expansion
Visa Inc. is heralding a number of advances in payments technologies, among them the growth of digital-identity services related to payments, continued contactless-payments penetration, and progress with its Flex Credential. Visa said its efforts to create secure digital-identity technology, aimed at making the checkout more secure, is advancing. Central to …
Read More »CIMB Bank Picks ACI for Payments Update and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/23/25
Payments-technology provider ACI Worldwide Inc. announced CIMB Bank, said to be the second-largest financial-services provider in Malaysia, has opted for ACI’s services to merge all of the bank’s account-to-account transactions onto a single platform. Bitget Wallet unveiled a new logo as part of an ad campaign to advertise its position as a crypto …
Read More »Fintech Breach Sources and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/21/25
Nearly 42% of breaches suffered by major fintech companies stem from third-party vendors, according to “Defending the Financial Supply Chain: Strengths and Vulnerabilities in Top Fintech Companies,” issued by Security Scorecard, which analyzed 250 major fintechs. The processor FIS Inc. said it will work with Letskipp Ltd., also known as Kipp, to develop …
Read More »A ThreatMark Tool Gives Consumers a Role in Identifying Scams
As scams and fraud continue to wreak havoc on consumers and financial services companies, one fraud-prevention firm has released a service it says will help consumers better self-identify potential deceptive payment decisions. ThreatMark released ScamFlag, a service banks can add to their mobile-banking apps to help give consumers more insight …
Read More »CFPB Revises Wise Penalties and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/16/25
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has revised a January order for remittance provider Wise that reduces its $450,000 penalty and $2.025 million fine to $45,000 and to redress the harm to consumers. On Jan. 30, the CFPB, under Rohit Chopra who was fired in February, had ordered the previous penalties to resolve claims alleging …
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