US gets chance to catch up on credit card security
The next time you swipe your credit card at check-out, consider this: It's a ritual the rest of the world deems outdated and unsafe.
Other
Sep 9, 2011
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News tagged with payment processors
Visa, MasterCard scramble after massive data breach
Credit card giants Visa and MasterCard were scrambling on Friday to thwart cyber crooks who looted a massive trove of precious account data, evidently from a payment processor in New York.
Internet
Mar 30, 2012
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Google working on phone with built-in payment tool
Google Inc. is taking another stab at designing a game-changing mobile phone, this time by including a built-in payment system that could eventually enable the devices to replace credit cards.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 16, 2010
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WikiLeaks getting credit card funds
WikiLeaks has again begun accepting credit card donations, a company affiliated with the secret-spilling site said Thursday.
Internet
Jul 7, 2011
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Companies struggle to popularize mobile money
Mobile money may seem like a hot concept, but consumers aren't warming to it. At the world's largest cellphone trade show, here in Barcelona this week, the 70,000 attendees are encouraged to use their cellphones —instead ...
Telecom
Mar 1, 2013
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Four Canadians indicted on US gambling charges
US authorities seized the gambling website Bodog on Tuesday and announced the indictment of four Canadians on charges of illegal sports betting and money laundering, including founder Calvin Ayre.
Internet
Feb 28, 2012
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Online piracy thrives in Internet cloud: study (Update)
Online piracy of music, films and other content has moved to the Internet cloud, reaping big profits for digital thieves, according to a study released Thursday.
Internet
Sep 18, 2014
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Verizon reverses on $2 fee for one-time payments
(AP) -- After a customer backlash, Verizon Wireless on Friday dropped a plan to start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit or debit cards.
Telecom
Dec 30, 2011
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Clean reviews preceded Target's data breach, and others
Trustwave Holdings gave Target Corp. the green light on payment card security last September, just weeks before malware installed on the retailer's networks began sucking up customer information in a mega data heist.
Security
Apr 2, 2014
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Group says poker winnings are frozen
(AP) -- An advocacy group for online poker said Tuesday that the federal government has frozen more than $30 million in the accounts of payment processors that handle the winnings of thousands of online poker players.
Internet
Jun 10, 2009
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