RegWeb Exposes Credit Card Details Online
Around 300 to 400 credit card numbers have been exposed at RegWeb.com, a conference registration site and software provider, due to being stored in unencrypted format on an unsecured Web server. The s...
European Banks 'Not Rushing To 3D-Secure'
In the UK, fraud is a substantial problem at "three per cent of all Web sites", Lafferty Publications reports, with Web losses to fraud at just one per cent, and "online fraud rates, often less...
NY Livery Cabs To Accept Card Payments
Wireless credit card terminals may soon be fitted within livery taxis operating in New York City, enabling passengers to use payment cards to pay for their rides, with transactions completed in around...
Asia-Pacific's Prepaid Usage 'Phenomenal'
Prepaid mobile usage in South-East Asia is undergoing "absolutely phenomenal" growth, according to Pyramid Research, with subscribers expected to reach 50 million by 2005, up from today's 10
Citibank is extending its EBPP play by adding MasterCard's Remote Payment and Presentment Service to its line-up of e-billing providers, a move that enhances its participation in the Spectrum group. P...
Microsoft has gained adverse publicity for its new eCommerce service, Hailstorm, after two AT&T researchers said that the Passport authentication service "carries significant risk to users". In June 2...
Disposable credit card numbers stand to gain further exposure in the US market, now that First Data's card issuing subsidiary has agreed to offer Orbiscom's technology to First Data issuers. As a resu...
Wireless carriers in the US are seeking a slice of the prepaid pie, with almost all national carriers having "some kind of prepaid plan", according to Charles Golvin, of Forrester Research. And, with ...
Australia's major wireless carriers may test a micropayment system in Sydney, during one of the world's first pilots to integrate mobile payments, parking meters, payment and infringement functions. T...
Jupiter Media Metrix has reduced its eCommerce predictions for 2005 by 12 per cent, but is still positive over the long term, given the ongoing demand for new services and a growing Internet populatio...
Europe's online banking market should double to USD 5 billion by 2005, up from USD 2.7 billion this year, according to Datamonitor, with the PC the favored access channel, followed by wireless Latin America's alternative payments sector is intensifying, with banks, portals, ISPs, credit card and EFT firms, targeting the P2P, e-mail based payment and virtual credit card spaces. Citibank Future mCommerce transactions may be secured with biometrics and PINs, as an alternative to four-digit PIN codes, which are proliferating with the growth of digital communications.
Financial institutions are blindly rushing into aggregation without a solid business model, according to Forrester, meaning that aggregation may not be a "golden egg" for banks seeking new
Mobile commerce "is a work in progress", whose success will be determined by "the ancillary services required to enable users to make purchases", according to a new Cahners In-Stat report. GPRS, voice...
Global B2C eCommerce should reach USD 428 billion by 2004, even if revenues are small for the next two years, at USD 101.1 billion in 2001, and USD 167.2 billion in 2002, according to eMarketer. North...
Interactive TV is tipped as the "killer app" of Western European cable services, with half of all households expected to use iTV by 2005, as the convergence of television, Internet, and telephone Spanish bank-telco alliance, Movilpago, is notable for working to generate the volume of mobile payments needed for optimal profitability, while being compatible with the GSM network and
Electronic payment processor, ECHO, has been certified as a third-party, acquiring processor for a new POS check service being piloted by Visa USA, which converts checks into EFT items at the Whether wireless banking is an "intriguing experiment or strategic imperative" for banks, a slow, steady approach might be best, BAI believes, to maximize banks' competitive stance and best serve cust...
Citibank Joins MasterCard's EBPP Service
MS Passport Security Said To Be 'Lacking'
First Data Issuers To Use Orbiscom Solution
US Carriers 'Seeking A Slice Of Prepaid Pie'
Australia's Carriers To Collect Parking Fees?
Jupiter: Key eCommerce Drivers 'Powerful'
E-Banking Is The 'Growth Story' In Europe
Online Payments Intensify In Latin America
Trust5: Mobile PIN Security Is 'Insufficient'
Banks Lack Business Model For Aggregation
mCommerce Relies On Ability To Purchase
Global B2C Sales To Top USD 428 Bn By 2004
iTV A 'Killer App' For European Households?
MovilPago Plans 3Q Pilot, Roll Out In 2002
ECHO Powers New Visa POS Check Service
Are US Banks Guilty Of 'Wireless Hesitation'?