80 Percent of Businesses Fail Interim PCI Compliance Assessment
March 12, 2015 - Verizon's 2015 PCI Report Indicates Organizations Should Treat PCI Compliance as an Ongoing Focus; Lack of Compliance Linked to Data Breaches.
Campaign pushes for US adoption of chip and PIN
March 9, 2015 - A campaign designed to put pressure on US card issuers to embrace chip and PIN, rather than just chip and signature, technology has been launched.
Visa and MasterCard report strong bank uptake for HCE-based mobile payments
February 27, 2015 - Banco do Brazil, PNC Bank and US Bank are set to join the growing band of finacial services firms working with Visa to offer their customers HCE-based contactless mobile payments.
Visa brings tokenisation to Europe; preps P2P/social media payments service
February 24, 2015 - Visa Europe is to launch a tokenisation service customised for the European marketplace in mid-April in a move which would pave the way for the roll out of Apple Pay across the continent.
Canadian consumers rank payment security above all else - Visa Canada study
February 19, 2015 - Ahead of Fraud Prevention Month, a new study commissioned by Visa Canada showed Canadian consumers still prioritize payment security above all else.
Bank chiefs frightened by cyber risks - PwC
February 17, 2015 - The day after reports of a one billion dollar cyber heist at banks around the world, a PwC poll shows bank bosses are growing increasingly concerned about the threats posed by online criminal gangs.
Compass Plus survey reveals that age plays a significant role in consumers’ payments behaviour
February 17, 2015 - A survey conducted by Compass Plus, an international provider of innovative retail banking and electronic payments software to financial institutions and processors, has revealed that the age of the consumer plays a significant role when making financial decisions.
Visa ramps up tokenisation effort
February 13, 2015 - Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the global leader in payments, today announced that it is expanding the use of new security technology that replaces the traditional 16-digit Visa account number with a unique series of numbers, helping to prevent exposure of sensitive consumer account information in online and mobile payments.
