Tag: E-payment & Security

March 17, 2016

Greater awareness of data security among business leaders isn’t yet matched by budgetary respect or business commitment, according to recent study findings. Business and IT decision-makers may not be sleeping well these days. They’re likely being kept awake worrying about […]

March 11, 2016

Marketing collects tons of Big Data and – in the simplest terms – if malicious actors get to your data, your brand can be tarnished. “CMOs are tasked with brand management, and a brand’s reputation is likely to be the […]

March 4, 2016

Android Pay is still hoping for takeoff, but Google already has its sights on the next generation of alternative payments with a hands-free solution being piloted by McDonald’s and Papa John’s. The strategy – leveraging a smartphone application, location services […]

February 26, 2016

For anyone not in the e-commerce space, the chargeback concept might sound foreign. Essentially what it means is that if a fraudulent credit card transaction is disputed by the true cardholder, the vendor that made the charge has the funds […]

February 22, 2016

Casting a spotlight on the immense challenges confronting the mobile industry, a new report shows that a range of security and privacy issues have dramatically eroded consumer confidence. According to the study released at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona […]

February 18, 2016

Leading global mobile payments hub TransferTo has partnered with the Vodafone Group, signing a framework agreement to enable real-time international money transfers using Vodafone’s M-Pesa mobile banking accounts. Powered by TransferTo’s cross-border Mobile Money network, the global partnership will make […]

February 15, 2016

A study on popular dating applications by Itasca, Ill.-based Flexera Software suggests employees accessing these applications on personal or company-issued phones can expose a company’s sensitive information. Flexera Software, a software licensing, compliance, security and installation solutions provider, used its AdminStudio Mobile […]

February 15, 2016

Bitcoin has been proclaimed dead 89 times. It has been labeled a Ponzi scheme and a failed experiment. Writers have argued for it to be forgotten and for developers to move on to greener pastures. But moving beyond this rhetoric, […]

February 12, 2016

SuperCom, a global provider of secured solutions for e-Government, Public Safety, HealthCare, and Finance sectors, announced this week that it will introduce its SafeMobile Cybersecurity Suite at the Mobile World Congress on February 22nd – 25th in Barcelona. If you’re […]

February 11, 2016

Image Credits: qz.com As if tax season wasn’t unpleasant enough, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has become the subject of a massive hack with over a hundred thousand cases of identity theft. The IRS announced in a statement that identity […]

February 2, 2016

Cloudmark has announced new protection in the fight against spear phishing. The company’s Cloudmark Trident is a first in comprehensive security for real-time protection against highly targeted spear phishing attacks. “Cloudmark Trident enables enterprises to detect and block spear phishing […]

February 2, 2016

Image Credits: tizenexperts.com How long will it take before IT organizations are tasked with enabling and securing smartwatches? Good Technology and AirWatch, two enterprise mobility management companies, are already preparing their respective platforms for such demands. Two enterprise mobility management […]

January 25, 2016

When it comes to online data security, most of the public is unaware that their information is ripe for the taking without any protective measures. That’s what makes VPN services so important: in an era of surveillance, spying and sabotage, […]

January 19, 2016

Diebold Incorporated (DBD), a provider of innovative self-service solutions to retailers, is introducing a new mobile-enabled self-checkout concept. Building on Diebold’s omni-channel expertise in the financial services industry, the new concept “combines the core capabilities of the automated teller machine […]

January 18, 2016

There is systemic install fraud in the app economy, according to business intelligence platform Adjust. In a recent VentureBeat post, Adjust CTO Paul Muller revealed evidence suggesting that certain ad networks have been claiming “a good part” of genuine organic […]

January 15, 2016

Shopify POS, the breakthrough mobile point of sale that made its debut on iPhones and iPads, is now available on Android for free. It’s the perfect companion app to Shopify Mobile for Android. Globally, Android has dominated the smartphone market, setting […]

January 14, 2016

With eCommerce growing at four times – and mobile commerce growing at eight times – the rate of traditional commerce, it’s no surprise that mobile and online commerce solutions are red hot today. To that end, Visa just announced that […]

January 12, 2016

Ahead of the weekend, Zmags — the so-called shoppable content company —  announced that Boathouse Stores has been selected as a Retail TouchPoints 2015 Customer Engagement Award winner. The fashion retailer was named a silver winner in the “e-commerce innovation” […]

January 11, 2016

With peer-to-peer payment services like Square Cash, Venmo, and PayPal there’s no need to carry cash anymore. These mobile apps make splitting checks, paying friends back, and lending money to family members as easy as tapping your finger. Let’s look […]

January 8, 2016

Concerns about privacy and security join several factors weighing heavily on purchases of mobile devices and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. A new Accenture report says 2016 could be a very flat year for sales of consumer technology overall, and […]