EMVCo Updates Payment Tokenisation Specification to Introduce 'Payment Account Reference'
March 29, 2016 - Global technical body EMVCo has released a bulletin updating the EMV® Payment Tokenisation Specification – Technical Framework to provide the payment community with a global, consistent framework to implement 'Payment Account Reference' (PAR). To be used by merchants, acquirers and payment processors, PAR can enhance security by limiting references to a cardholder's primary account number (PAN) in the payment ecosystem.
AmEx warns card members of merchant data breach
March 17, 2016 - American Express is writing to some card members warning that their account information has been compromised by a data breach at a third party provider.
Cryptomathic joins PCI Security Standards Council
February 29, 2016 - Cryptomathic, a leading provider of crypto solutions, announced today that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organisation.
Heartland and Smart Card Alliance team on payments security training centre
February 17, 2016 - Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation's largest payment processors, today announced it has worked with the Smart Card Alliance to launch the National Center for Advanced Payments and Identity Security, a new training facility hosted by the Alliance.
US sees repercussions from EMV as criminals switch tactics
February 2, 2016 - Incidents of new account fraud in the US doubled last year, as criminals switched tactics in response to the introduction of EMV chip cards.
Bank of England to develop blueprint for overhaul of UK payments system
January 27, 2016 - The Bank of England is developing a blueprint to modernise the UK's 20-year old real-time gross settlement system to deal with changing payment habits and the emergence of distributed ledger technology.
The Bancorp Releases Fourth Finetics™ Studio Interview Series: “The Impact of EMV on Fraud”
January 25, 2016 - The Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBBK), today announces the release of its next Finetics™ Studio interview series: "The Impact of EMV on Fraud" featuring Julie Conroy, Research Director, Aite Group; Dan Rosen, Founder and General Partner, Commerce Ventures; Render Dahiya, CEO, Arroweye Solutions; and Charles Crawford, Senior Vice President, Payment Acceptance, The Bancorp.
Global e-commerce card spending reaches $2.1 trillion
January 13, 2016 - 16.5 billion e-commerce card payments worth $2.1 trillion were made worldwide in 2014 according to a recent study by RBR.
