ISO & Agent

PSD2 and other moves push a higher level of authentication, and are a welcome development for biometrics, according to Lina Andolf-Orup, a senior director at Fingerprints.

The SEC and other regulators are taking a closer look at ICOs and mergers involving cryptocurrencies and distributed ledgers, which requires careful diligence for payment companies and dealmakers, according to Will Turner, a partner in the blockchain and cryptocurrency practice at Steptoe & Johnson.

When deploying connected devices, firms much balance the mix of innovation and security, writes Pip Courcoux, sales and product manager for CLIQ Systems at Abloy UK.

Tax refund payment fraud has become far more sophisticated with attacks targeting tax professionals, human resource departments and even payroll offices, writes Deb Geister, financial crimes strategist and subject matter expert for NICE Actimize.

Payments providers can use this announcement as a chance to evaluate their mobile payment offerings and gain a better understanding of consumers’ evolving expectations in order to better serve their merchants, writes Casey Bullock, general manager of global enterprise e-commerce for North America at Worldpay.

Some companies believe that their employees will know the difference between legitimate versus spoofed emails. While this might be true some of the time, even one mistake can be costly, writes David Barnhardt, executive vice president of product at Giact.

Machine-to-machine payments and AI are paving the way for dynamic and rapidly adapting ecosystems, and it’s an exciting time to be in the payments industry. However, with all the transformation, financial institutions and regulators should be aware of the latest developments to adequately shift their strategies, writes Martin Amend, a senior consultant at Capco.

Physical keys are still an important part of securing IoT payment systems, writes Pip Courcoux, sales and product manager for CLIQ Systems at Abloy UK.

Payment preferences significantly vary from region to region, making the need to cater to local payment methods crucial, according to Steve Villegas, vice president of partner management at PPRO.

As Gen Z and the generations that succeed them begin to use financial services, digital capabilities become a must-have rather than a nice-to-have. By planning now, irrelevance in the near future can be avoided, writes John Mitchell, CEO of Episode Six.

Tax-related identity theft can be especially worrisome, not only for the monetary consequences it carries, but tax documents often contain highly sensitive information, like Social Security numbers, writes Paige Schaffer, president and COO of Generali Global Assistance’s Identity and Digital Protection Services Global Unit.

With no firm dates announced for processing certification and delivery dates for new hardware and upgrade kits 120 days or more out, the Windows 10 migration is shaping up to be a scheduling and budgetary nightmare, writes Yonas Marcos, president and CEO of Star Financial Services.

Cash is expensive, overseas cards may be illegal and cryptocurrency is unreliable, argues David Ehrlich, COO and co-founder of Zodaka, who says e-wallets are an answer.

Cryptocurrencies will come and go but blockchain will flourish, because it has game-changing use cases that will fundamentally improve the way financial transactions get done, according to Vinay Pai, senior vice president of engineering at Bill.com.

Regulation is effectively priming the virtual currencies ecosystem for banks to engage by increasing transparency, reducing some of the associated risk, and lowering the barriers to entry. All of this will make it easier for banks to establish a role and to design new payment products, writes Elina Mattila, executive director at Mobey Forum.

Crooks are going after automated tax communications, text and streaming video. Here's what payment companies should do to educate their consumers, according to Robert Fodor, chief data scientist and vice president of fraud for Interac.

The number of IoT devices is growing quickly, but not all are properly connected to security systems, according to Pip Courcoux, sales and product manager for CLIQ Systems at Abloy UK.

Compliance officers should demand better means to quickly gather, organize, and view data regarding accounts and transactions that may be partaking in financial crime, argues Elsa Chan, head of Americas for ComplyAdvantage.

As the consumer payments technology market is becoming saturated, B2B payments have captured the attention of the investment community, writes Karla Friede, CEO of Nvoicepay.

As if they needed another reminder that their business models might not have a place in the modern payments landscape, independent sales organizations are left wondering what role — if any — they will have in launching the Apple Card.