Russia frees jailed card exec to build national payment system - report
June 4, 2014 - The boss of a Russian payments firm who was jailed last year for organising a cyberattack on a rival's website, has been released early in exchange for helping to build the country's new national payments system, a local journalist has claimed.
AmEx writes to customers after Anonymous dumps card data
June 3, 2014 - American Express is writing to around 75,000 Californian customers to warn them that their card data has been posted online by Anonymous Ukraine.
Bitcoin to have 'profound' impact on trust-based markets - Wedbush analysts
May 30, 2014 - Bitcoin may currently be going through an "adoption chasm" but the crypto-currency will have a profound societal effect, shaking up payments markets and other industries over the next few years, analysts from Wedbush Securities have predicted.
Nepal's Nabil Bank gets ready for EMV with Fime
May 27, 2014 - Fime has announced the completion of a period of consultancy and testing to validate Nabil Bank's point of sale (POS) terminals and host acquirer platform infrastructure to UnionPay, MasterCard and Visa specifications.
Sipay Plus payment gateway gets PCI DSS 3.0 certification
May 29, 2014 - The Spanish company Sipay Plus, is the first European payment gateway with this certification, in its new version 3.0 level 1, for card payment data security standard PCI DSS.
MasterCard ups security for US cardholders
May 28, 2014 - MasterCard today announced enhancements to its industry leading security efforts, providing U.S. cardholders with greater protection from fraud and identity theft.
EBay tells users to change passwords after database hack
May 21, 2014 - EBay is asking users to change their passwords because of a cyber-attack that compromised a database containing user data. But the online auction house says that there is no evidence that PayPal accounts have been compromised.
CyberArk Simplifies Meeting PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance to Protect ‘Keys to IT Kingdom’
May 21, 2014 - In the face of increasing cyber-attacks on the retail industry, including recent attacks on Michaels Stores, Neiman Marcus, and others, CyberArk has released a new white paper demonstrating how retailers can comply with the latest Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) regulations.
