Target has started a new campaign to get consumers to buy back into their debit and credit cards. However, consumers are weary, as the massive data breach was less than one year ago. While a year can be a long time away in many instances, consumers are not easily ready to forgive when it comes to information and money breaches....
The upcoming of MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chip and pin cards to the U.S. has many American merchants worried about the inevitable shift of credit and debit card fraud from the point of sale to online channels. EMV cards, while highly effective in thwarting counterfeiting and related card-present fraud, offer no more fraud protection on the Internet than the magnetic-stripe...
Cyber criminals and data hackers are constantly finding new ways to defeat retailers’ data security and fraud prevention systems. Sometimes these criminals come in a swipe thousands of dollars at once, or just a few dollars. Regardless of the amount stolen, the fact is that it should not happen. However, there are new technologies on the horizon to help stop...
Feedzai, a large science company who are known for using real-time and machine-based learning to put a stop to fraud, have announced the results today of their nationwide survey of adults in the United States. The survey found that a staggering 60% of those surveyed hold the merchants themselves responsible for preventing fraud and data breaches, like the recent ones...
Fraud touches each and every one of us sometime in our lives. It’s never pretty and it is the worst feeling of being violated without being touched. Someone somewhere took something of yours and used it. Whether by a random act of guessing the right number, or by stalking you and stealing your wallet or purse, it is right up...
