Payment Attacks Lessen and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 2/13/25

Identity and verification services firm AU10TIX released its “2024 Report on Global Identity Fraud” that found 54% of attacks in the first quarter were against the payments sector but declined to 43% by the fourth quarter because of tougher law enforcement.
Euronet Worldwide Inc., a U.S.-based processor operating in Europe, said that as of year-end 2024 it supported 1.16 million point of sale terminals and 55,248 ATMs. It reported prepaid processing at 777,000 POS terminals at 362,000 retail locations in 64 countries.
Travel card specialist UATP said iryo, a private high-speed railway in Spain, now accepts UATP.
Fraud prevention provider Signifyd said it is working with Swap, an e-commerce operating system, to better secure cross-border payments.
ParkHub, a developer of apps to find and pay for parking, said it has acquired ElimiWait a provider of software for valet-parking operations. Terms were not announced.
Loyalty platform Points4Purpose Inc. added new features to its CommunityRewards cashback and micro-philanthropy service that now enables user to earn cashback from more than 5,000 brands when linking a Mastercard or Visa card to their accounts.

Digital Transactions Authoritative, insightful and timely information for payments professionals