Stores hope to curb credit card fraud during holiday shopping season

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Cybercrime shocker: Credit card fraud almost doubles in Jan-Sept, 2015, in Mumbai – Times of India

Credit and debit card fraud cases shot up by 90% in the first three-quarters of this year as compared to the corresponding period last year, cybercrime statistics with the city police show.

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AG warns about credit card fraud – Biddeford Journal Tribune

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — With the Christmas shopping season underway, New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster is warning consumers to remain guarded against credit card fraud, even as more secure credit card technologies become widespread.

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3 Ways to Prevent Credit Card Fraud at Your Small Biz | PrimePay

The National Retail Federation expects holiday sales to increase 3.7% this year and consumers are predicted to spend an average of $805 on holiday merchandise.

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BlueSnap’s ‘Powered Buy’ Platform Gets Visa, MasterCard Support

“Frictionless” may turn out to be 2015’s payments and commerce word of the year.
It’s the word that merchants use to describe the user experience they seek for their customers online.

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Tyro Hits A Milestone Where Tech Meets SME FinServ

According to new Australian bank Tyro Payments Founder Jost Stollmann, his creation is the first technology company in the nation to get a banking license. According to reports in The Australian Financial Review on Sunday (Nov.

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Ending The ‘Downward Spiral’ Of Merchant Cash Advances

In a process called stacking, small businesses may take on more than one short-term cash advance loan, leading to repayment cycles that can quickly spiral out of control.

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Asking The Right Questions In Cross-Border Payments

B2B corporations that conduct business overseas and across borders probably don’t know all the nuts and bolts behind how their money gets to a faraway recipient. But according to Greg Leven, maybe they should find out.

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Kazakhstan Wants in on TAPI – The Diplomat

Weekend reading: Turkmen, Turks and other Turkmen, and the Tajikistan internet.

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Turkish-Russian Tensions Put Central Asia In A Tough Spot – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane on November 24 has put the Central Asian states with Turkic peoples in an extremely awkward position.

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