Data Breaches
Experian Data Breach Resolution issued a white paper on the current state of data breach legislation that shapes how companies must prepare for and respond to a data breach.
Smokescreening Fraud
Most bank fraud involves the use of false or anonymous identities. The growing concern however, lies with cybersecurity, as respondents named virus/malware installation and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks as two of the top three fraud-related threat
Today’s CardPixes Feature
CardWeb.com’s CardPixes database of more than 7,000 card images today features the Scotiabank Gold American Express card. The card is issued by Canada’s Scotiabank .
THC & Banking
WA-based BioTrackTHC is aiming to remove the banking roadblocks for states with active marijuana businesses. The new BioTrackTHC STS Multi-Point verification banking program is intended to solve all of these issues within one module for banking, credit cards, and debit solutions.
Apple Pay Watershed?
Fitch Ratings does not view the unveiling of Apple Pay as a watershed moment for the nascent mobile payments industry, but the financial information services firm say it recognize Apple Pay’s potential to disrupt the payments landscape longer term.
MasterCard and PULSE Launch Common Debit EMV Solution
MasterCard and PULSE reached an agreement to allow financial institutions that issue EMV debit cards that participate in both the MasterCard and PULSE networks to use MasterCard’s common debit solution on those cards. U.S. debit regulations require that each debit card provide merchants and acquirers the opportunity to route debit transactions over multiple, unaffiliated networks. This is made possible for debit EMV cards through the use of common application identifiers (AIDs). Licensing MasterCard’s common debit AID will help support EMV chip adoption in the United States by enabling issuers to deploy EMV cards in compliance with this regulatory requirement. PULSE will use MasterCard’s common AID to process domestic ATM and POS transactions on behalf of issuers that participate in both PULSE and MasterCard, including those initiated with contactless-enabled devices.
Swift upgrades Bankers World reference data directory
Swift launched launched Bankers World Online directory online query tool which has been significantly upgraded to provide more data coverage, a wider breadth of financial information (including data from Reuters, Dun & Bradstreet, and Moody’s), and new intuitive features and functionalities. The service is part of the SWIFTRef portfolio, an industry-wide platform for global payments reference data. The new Bankers World Online service includes essential reference data, such as Business Identification Codes (BIC), International Bank Account Numbers (IBAN), Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI), national bank codes and more that are used to facilitate international payments and to fulfil new reporting requirements. It also includes important financial information from market data vendors and credit rating agencies, including credit ratings, shareholder information, balance sheet information, cash flows, and many more data sets about customers, suppliers and service providers.
Datacard Group Announces Second-Generation Vision Verification Module for Central Card Issuance Programs
Datacard Group announced a second-generation Datacard MX Series Vision Verification Module to automatically ensure proper card stock is loaded prior to card issuance as well as verify printed elements after personalization is complete. This technology complements the numerous checks and balances already in place as the card passes through the personalization process. The enhanced Vision Verification Module utilizes a high-resolution camera installed in the module to capture an image of the card stock in order to locate and verify unique identifiers. Streamlined software increases image processing speed and gives operators the ability to set granular threshold limits to drive accurate downstream personalization activities.
USA Technologies Redefines One-Stop Cashless Payment Services for Self-Serve Retail at 2014 NAMA OneShow
USA Technologies ntends to redefine one-stop cashless payment services by showcasing a myriad of products and services at the 2014 NAMA OneShow. Here USA Tech will demonstrate self-serve retail, including the growing web of interlinked products, services and consultative support marketed under the ePort Connect® platform. The Company will also cover Micro-market Services: USAT is making it easier to optimize cashless in today’s complex food and refreshment service businesses by linking ePort Connect to a growing list of supported micro-market providers such as Revive Self Checkout and Breakroom Provisions. In addition, ePort Connect has recently been upgraded to give consumers the opportunity to replenish their MORE. account with either cash or credit at either of these supported micro-market kiosks.
USA Technologies Upgrade ePort Connect for Tokens
USA Technologies enhanced its ePort Connect service that expand and strengthen its menu of value-added cashless payment, telemetry and consumer engagement services designed for self-serve retailing industries such as vending, amusement and arcade, commercial laundry and kiosk. The upgrade includes special enhancements such as secure card tokenization, new capabilities designed to optimize USAT’s loyalty and prepaid program, MORE., in micro-market environments and new operational tools designed to provide customers additional real-time data about the status of their connected devices. Information regarding some of the latest enhancements to ePort Connect® follows.
MasterCard Issues Prepaids for Social Grant Beneficiaries
MasterCard and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) announced that there are 10 million active SASSA Debit MasterCard cards in South Africa, following the introduction of the new biometric grant payment disbursement system that commenced in March 2012. This milestone marks the conclusion of the re-registration phase of the project, with social grant beneficiaries having received their new Debit MasterCard cards with biometric functionality, issued by Grindrod Bank in association with SASSA and Net1 UEPS Technologies (Net1). Since March 2012, just under 22 million social grant beneficiaries1 have re-registered onto the new system introduced by SASSA to minimise fraudulent grant applications and collections and reduce grant administration costs by distributing all grant payments electronically. A crucial feature of the SASSA card’s biometric functionality is that it positively identifies social grant recipients using unique identifiers such as fingerprints, voice and other personal information, which means that the SASSA cards cannot be used by any person other than the approved beneficiary to collect his/her grant.
Over 2.5 Million MasterCard Debit Cards Issued for Social Welfare
More than 2.5 million South African Social Security Agency MasterCard debit cards have been issued to social grant recipients as part of the social grants disbursements tender which was awarded to Cash Paymaster Services (“CPS”) of Net1 UEPS Technologies. SASSA controls and manages the disbursements of 15 million social benefits to 9.2 million beneficiaries, who receive one or more of seven different social security grants on a monthly basis including: The State Old Age Pension, War Veteran Grant, Disability Grant, Child Support Grant, Foster Child Grant, Grant-in-aid and Care Dependency Grant. The biometric functionality of the payment cards identify social grant recipients using unique identifiers such as fingerprints and other personal information, which means that the payment cards cannot be used by any person other than the approved beneficiary to collect his/her grant.