NCR Investigates a Ransomware Attack And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/17/23

NCR Corp. said it is investigating a ransomware incident affecting one of its data centers and its Aloha cloud-based services for the hospitality industry. Its ATM, digital banking, payments and other retail services are not impacted.
Huntington National Bank said it has extended Huntington ChoicePay to payments in higher education and business services. Introduced in May last year, the technology lets businesses use prepaid and closed-loop cards to make rapid disbursements to consumers.
In related news, the real-time payments platform Pidgin announced it will provide payments services for U.S. Century Bank, which serves a base of business owners, professionals, and entrepreneurs.
Some 56% of consumers have been the victim of a financial scam, according to “The Human Impact of Fraud and Financial Crime on Customer Trust in Banks,” a study released by risk-management technology provider Feedzai. The survey canvassed 4,000 consumers in the United States and United Kingdom.
Gaurav Khurana, formerly head of commerce payment partnerships at Meta for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, has been appointed senior vice president of marketing at CleverCards, a payments platform serving more than 5,000 businesses.

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