After all the recent huge security breaches at retailers like Target and Home Depot, the US is finally moving towards more secure “SmartCards” used in other countries. Source: lifehacker.com

Remember that Home Depot hack? The one where 56 million credit cards were stolen? Of course you do. Hell — if you’re anything like me, you’re probably.. Source: techcrunch.com

How to: Set Up Apple Pay Source: pocketfullofapps.com

Universal Authentication Methods Provide More Secure Operations for …MarketWatchLeading Biometric companies aim to provide consumers with improved secure authentication for better mobile security revolutionizing online transactions. Source: http://www.marketwatch.com

Article Details Source: http://www.planetbiometrics.com

The mobile wallet wars make strange bedfellows. This week, CurrentC stayed on the defensive while Google could be heard singing Apple’s praises as the rising Apple Pay NFC tide has lifted all boats (albeit very, very slightly). Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Mobile POS activity is soaring, with about 1.2 million MPOS having been shipped to MasterCard merchants globally, according to a new report from Ovum Consulting and Mahindra Comviva. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Market analyst firm Frost & Sullivan is not only predicting that 2020 will see a $6.7 trillion B2B payments market in gross merchandise value, but it points to the over-sized rule that Alibaba is playing, with the Chinese E-Commerce giant……

Since going live with Apple Pay last month, the $14.2 billion 401-store Whole Foods grocery chain has used the mobile wallet to process more than 150,000 transactions, according to CIO Jason Buechel. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Home Depot on Thursday (Nov. 6) that, in addition to the data for 56 million payment cards that was stolen, thieves also grabbed 53 million customer E-mail addresses. How was this all done? Source: http://www.pymnts.com