EMERGING MARKETS-Russian assets rise, but more pain for Ukraine http://t.co/s0KKTbMbyD #Industries (via @IBNMoney_com #USA) Source: ibnmoney.com

The easy money is looking elsewhere now. Source: http://www.bloombergview.com

For all the talk about getting more-secure credit cards and debit cards into the hands of shoppers, most consumers still don’t know what a chip card is, according to a new survey. Source: blogs.wsj.com

What Small Businesses Need to Know About EMV-Chip Cards Source: http://www.mastercardbiz.com

Google announced on Feb. 16 that it will be terminating its Kenyan cashless payment program BebaPay on March 15, in a move that is being described as a quiet retreat from the payments space. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

More than 80 financial institutions now support Apple Pay, as 9to5 Mac reported that February’s list of additional banks and credit unions that support the mobile payment service recently grew by 19. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The only major market yet to adopt EMV-standard cards, US is poised to make the switch. Source: http://www.eetimes.com

Hacker Jan Krissler claims to have cloned the fingerprint of a German politician using standard photographs taken at an event. Source: http://www.bbc.com

The report “Biometrics and Healthcare” says that biometric use will reflect the growing demand for fraud prevention and the need to improve patient privacy and Source: http://www.biometricupdate.com

New app could protect you from credit card fraud, but you’ll have to sacrifice some privacy to use it Source: http://www.cbsnews.com