Visa Contactless Cards Spoofed to Ignore Pin Request. Fix “Only” Needs a POS Update!

COVID-19 drives further growth in contactless payments

Security

Visa Contactless Cards Spoofed to Ignore Pin Request. Fix “Only” Needs a POS Update!

September 3, 2020

Scientists have discovered a glaring weakness in the Visa implementation of the EMV Contactless specification. The weakness allows fraudsters to...

Commerce

“Alexa, Pay for Gas” Goes Live Nationwide

by PaymentsJournal

September 1, 2020

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, alongside Amazon and ExxonMobil, announced today...

Contactless

Has Contactless Exposed Us to More Fraud?

by Tim Sloane

August 26, 2020

The title of this Total Retail article appears to suggest the answer is yes, and the article indicates it's causing...

Analysts Coverage

Contactless Has A Lot of Hype. Is It Warranted?

by PaymentsJournal

August 25, 2020

The recent rise of contactless payments in the U.S. is one of the most buzzed about topics in the payments...

Security

Visa Invests in MagicCube’s Contactless SoftPOS & PIN Platform and Its Differentiating Software Defined Trust (SDT)

by PaymentsJournal

August 24, 2020

MagicCube, the creator of the world’s only Software Trusted Execution Environment platform, today announced a strategic investment from Visa. Visa,...

Contactless

Which Payment Types Are Winning Contactless Acceptance for Small Businesses?

by PaymentsJournal

August 18, 2020

Data for today’s episode is provided by Mercator Advisory Group’s report – U.S. Small Businesses are Reeling as a Result...

Analysts Coverage

Contactless Payments, Cash, and Financial Inclusion

by Sarah Grotta

August 17, 2020

Much time, and I mean a lot of time, has been spent writing about the surge of contactless purchase transactions...

Exxon Continues to Expand Its Leading Pay at the Pump Options

Analysts Coverage

The Waze and Means of Contactless Payments at Exxon Mobile Stations

by Sarah Grotta

August 14, 2020

ExxonMobil and the navigation app Waze have formed a partnership to offer a contactless payment experience at the pump. For...

Contactless

What Do Contactless Payments and Herding Cats Have in Common?

by Pete Reville

August 14, 2020

Do you use contactless payments? Do you “tap & go” with a card? Do you use a mobile wallet to...

Contactless

Zipwhip and Authvia Partner to Give Businesses a Simple and Secure Way to Accept Payments via Text

by PaymentsJournal

August 12, 2020

Zipwhip, the inventor of Texting for Business™, today announced a new partnership with Authvia, the leading messaging-based payments provider, to launch TXT2PAY®...

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