Search Results for: Mobile Payments
Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Keep Secret a Massive Data Breach In 2016
November 22nd, 2017
Uber Technologies Inc paid hackers $100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed the data of some 57 million accounts of the ride-service provider, the company said on Tuesday. Discovery of the company’s cover-up of the ...
European Association for Biometrics conference: easing the digital journey
November 21st, 2017
Customers are impatient and friction leads to lost sales – a key takeaway from last week’s seminar on the use of “Biometrics in Banking and Payments” organised by the European Association for Biometrics. Researched flagged by Michael Sass, VP ...
Cryptos may destabilise fiat
November 17th, 2017
The assumption in some quarters is that crypto-currencies will replace gold as money, or at least challenge it. This is an error borne out of a misunderstanding of catallactics, or the theory of exchange. It also ignores the fact ...
Log into bank’s app via a selfie
November 7th, 2017
OCBC Bank’s retail and business banking customers can now log into the bank’s app via a selfie, if they use Apple iPhone X. The bank says it’s the first in Singapore to offer such biometric tech. “By leveraging Apple’s ...
Mastercard introduces solution for managing digital footprint
October 24th, 2017
New solution will help the 60 percent of people who say they don’t know where their card credentials are stored Do you know all the places you’ve stored your payment card details? From shopping sites to billers, keeping track ...
Singapore and Thailand in early stage talks to connect e-payment systems
October 5th, 2017
Singapore and Thailand are in discussions about connecting their national digital payment systems to forge an unprecedented regional alliance, as officials step up efforts to curb the use of cash. The link would bring together Southeast Asia’s first national ...
Barclays is the first UK high street bank that lets you make a payment by simply asking Siri
August 21st, 2017
Customers will now be able to make payments by saying ‘Hey Siri, Pay £15 with Barclays’ No need to open the app – rely on Siri and use TouchID to authenticate The technology will enable customers with dexterity ...
Mastercard and PayPal Expand Partnership in Asia Pacific
August 3rd, 2017
Mastercard and PayPal Expand Partnership in Asia Pacific to Spur Mobile and Digital Commerce Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced an extension of their partnership into Asia Pacific to enhance the consumer experience and make Mastercard ...
PayPal reports record revenues
July 27th, 2017
PayPal has issued today an announcement to publish Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results. According the results: PayPal drove record revenues, volume, and net new actives: In the second quarter, we added 6.5 million net new active accounts to our payments ...
EU fines Google €2.42 billion for manipulating search engine results
June 27th, 2017
Antitrust: Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market ...
