APAC Advisory Board Positions Open
The MRC is pleased to announce it is accepting applications from APAC-based merchant and solution provider members for open positions on the new MRC APAC Advisory Board. Applications for these exceptional opportunities are being accepted until April 30.Industry News
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Checkout Skimmers Powered by Chip Cards
Easily the most sophisticated skimming devices made for hacking terminals at retail self-checkout lanes are a new breed of PIN pad overlay combined w[…]
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Mexican Politician Removed Over Alleged Ties to Romanian ATM Skimmer Gang
The leader of Mexico's Green Party has been removed from office following allegations that he received money from a Romanian ATM skimmer gang that st[…]
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U.S. Indicts North Korean Hackers in Theft of $200 Million
The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against three men accused of working with the North Korean regime to carry out some of the mos[…]
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Bluetooth Overlay Skimmer That Blocks Chip
As a total sucker for anything skimming-related, I was interested to hear from a reader working security for a retail chain in the United States that[…]
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What’s most interesting about the Florida water system hack? That we heard about it at all.
Stories about computer security tend to go viral when they bridge the vast divide between geeks and luddites, and this week's news about a hacker who[…]
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EC to allow continued financial data flows to UK following Brexit
The European Commission has announced that it would start a process to allow a continued flow of police and financial data from the EU to Britain for[…]
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Easing Blockchain's Introduction To The Global Payments Ecosystem
As corporates continue to find themselves inspired by surging bitcoin values and a massive crypto haul by Tesla, the digital currency ecosystem is be[…]
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How the EU is catching up to the U.K. in open banking adoption
The U.K. got an earlier start on open banking implementations, prompting European merchants and fintechs to turn to payments-as-a-service providers f[…]
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Microsoft debuts financial services cloud
Source: MicrosoftAmid the relentless challenges of 2020, the wheels of the financial industry kept turning.At the root of it all is the historic acce[…]
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Facebook Shop comes to the UK as the social site taps into growing social commerce mood
Facebook has launched its new ‘Shop’ bookmark feature in the UK and Canada, allowing retailers to sell on its platform and to integrate selling from […]