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August, 2018

• 9 August

  57% of In-Store Transactions Are Chip-on-Chip and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/9/18

  

  Citing data from the global payment card networks, the U.S. Payments Forum reported in its latest update on the conversion from magnetic-stripe to EMV chip card payments that approximately 57% of in-store card transactions are now “chip-on-chip,” meaning an EMV point-of-sale terminal read an EMV card. Also, acceptance of contact …
• 8 August

  With Some Fast-Growing Programs, Green Dot Hopes Its BaaS Becomes a Whale

  

  Green Dot Corp. executives played up their “banking-as-a-service” platform Wednesday as the company reported strong second-quarter growth in most of its business lines, but they said little about the support they provide for Apple Inc.’s Apple Pay Cash service. Pasadena, Calif.-based Green Dot supplies the virtual prepaid card that customers …
• 8 August

  Fresh From Its IPO, EVO Payments Looks for Expansion Opportunities Abroad

  

  EVO Payments Inc. is hunting for new international markets as it continues to see growth in its U.S.-based business with independent software vendors, company executives said Wednesday during the merchant processor’s first earnings conference call as a public company. Founded in 1989 as an independent sales organization, Atlanta-based EVO in …
• 8 August

  From Spear Phishing to POS Malware, a Security Expert Lays Out His Six Most Worrisome Threats

  

  Malicious attacks on payments systems come in a bewildering array of shapes and sizes, making it a nettlesome problem figuring out which types of attack require the most defensive resources. Yet, the stakes could be highest in the United States, where the average cost per breach, at $225, is one …
• 8 August

  GM Enables More In-Car Payments Options and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/8/18

  

  Flow, a cross-border e-commerce platform, has added a cryptocurrency option through an arrangement with BitPay, a cryptocurrency exchange. Through a so-called marketplace update, General Motors Co. is enabling in-dash fuel payments in select Buick models at Exxon Mobil stations. The capability is expected to come to other GM makes, 2017 …
• 7 August

  Apple Pay on Top of Consumer Reports’ Mobile P2P Assessment

  

  With a focus on data privacy and security, a review of five mobile person-to-person payment services places Apple Pay at the top, Consumer Reports says. Released Monday, the report from the product-review magazine evaluated Apple Inc.’s Apple Pay, PayPal Holdings Inc.’s Venmo, Square Inc.’s Cash app; Facebook Inc.’s Messenger, and Early …
• 7 August

  Microsoft Integrates Microsoft Pay With Masterpass In Its Latest Bid to Enhance the Wallet

  

  Microsoft Corp. continues to make enhancements to Microsoft Pay in a highly competitive market for digital wallets. This week, the computing giant said Microsoft Pay has been integrated with Masterpass, the online wallet from Mastercard Inc. that lets consumers pay with stored credentials from a variety of payment providers. “We …
• 7 August

  Worldnet TPS Adopts Quickchip Tech and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/7/18

  

  Payments-systems provider Worldnet TPS Ltd. said it has integrated Quickchip technology into its GoChip line of point-of-sale products to enable one-second EMV chip card transactions. Payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. launched a management solution called Lighthouse Business Management System for clients using Shift4’s point-of-sale and payment-processing products. The new service …
• 6 August

  Bitcoin Cash One Year Later: Cheaper Than Bitcoin, But Still Number 4 on the Hit Parade

  

  One year after the hard fork that created it, Bitcoin Cash is in some ways mimicking the digital currency it was spawned from. Bitcoin Cash’s price at $693 Monday morning has slid by about $1,000 in the past three months, according to CoinMarketCap.com. And it’s well under the $4,091 peak …
• 6 August

  Eye on Data: Site Linked to the ICBA’s Bank Leaks Data; Report Says Facebook Wants To Display Card Transactions

  

  A Web-site glitch involving The Independent Community Bankers of America’s bank subsidiary exposed personal data about thousands of credit card applicants for more than a year, according to a report. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal on Monday reported that social-media titan Facebook Inc. has asked some of the nation’s largest …