Tag: Online payments

Will Visa and PayPal’s truce survive the ‘single button’ movement?

Visa CEO Alfred Kelly is less publically adversarial toward market rival PayPal than his predecessor Charlie Scharf, even as Visa’s push for a “single button” for online payments seems to undermine PayPal’s business model. Visa’s 2016 deal with PayPal has boosted Visa‘s financial performance, and Kelly praised several other partnerships with PayPal that “remove friction”…
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April 26, 2018 0

Token puts fake names on digital payment cards to thwart fraud

Consumers are increasingly concerned about payment card fraud, but it remains to be seen how much work they’re willing to do to protect themselves when they’re not directly liable for monetary losses from stolen cards. Token Payments Inc. is going to test consumers’ interest in helping to block card fraud by launching a mobile app…
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November 16, 2017 0

Mastercard adds former CIA deputy director to boost security

Mastercard’s enhanced security strategy is getting a personnel boost through the addition of CIA veteran Jeanne Tisinger as a senior adviser for cybersecurity. In her new position Tisinger will help Mastercard implement and expand its security strategy and public policy initiatives, the company said Friday. “People shouldn’t have to choose between convenience and security,” Ajay…
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November 5, 2017 0