Yearly Archives: 2014

Your Fifth Amendment Rights DO NOT Cover Biometrics

Police can force you to unlock your phone and other biometric-enabled devices, according to a circuit-court judge. Under the fifth amendment, citizens do not have to comply with police demands… Source: http://www.youtube.com

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Biometrics move on

Biometric technology – the science of measuring and statistically analyzing biological data – is currently used to make it more difficult to forge identity documents like passports. But researchers… Source: http://www.youtube.com

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The Globalization Of B2B Virtual Accounts

Markus Straussfeld, head of international cash management at UniCredit (an Italian bank focusing on cross-border payments), argues that the latest moved forward by the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) will “provide companies with a wealth of… Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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HSBC Exec Lays Out The Bank’s B2B Expansion Strategy

Diane Reyes, global head of payments and cash management for HSBC, looks to the globe when she’s asked where her company is headed. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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PayPal Offers Cash Option in Russia

PayPal is jumping onto the cash-based electronic payments business trend in Russia, The Moscow Times reported. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Why Apple Pay Needs Merchants More Than Merchants Need Apple Pay

There are three things that I think we’d all agree are irrefutable outcomes of the launch of Apple Pay.Apple Pay has dominated just about conversation about mobile payments since 9/9. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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PayAnywhere 3.0 Enables PayPal Photo Check-In

North American Bancard announced the launch of PayAnywhere 3.0, the newest version of its point-of-sale solution, at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, according to a company release. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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How mPOS Will “Future-Proof” Merchants for the Next Decade | PYMNTS.com

The mPOS space has seen a 30 percent year-over-year growth in the last three years. In addition, 30 percent of the top 20 U.S. retailers have deployed mPOS Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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PayPal Responds To Security Concerns | PYMNTS.com

PayPal will cut off support for aging security protocol SSL 3.0 on Dec. 3, and that may cause problems for some of its merchants, the online payments giant Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Report: 500 million NFC Users in Five Years | PYMNTS.com

Juniper Research predicts NFC users will grow from current 101 million to more than 500 million by 2019. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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