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Visa pushes ahead with NFC-enabled phones
The NFC movement continues to heat up, though the near-term prognosis remains a bit murky.
Visa has moved forward with its NFC efforts, announcing that some smartphones are now equipped with the chipset--either built in or by SIM card--necessary to enable NFC payments. The certified phones are
Google, Verizon skirmish signals future disputes
So what to make of the skirmishing between Google and Verizon over the Google Wallet and the Galaxy Nexus on the Verizon 4G LTE network?
There's a tendency to place a whole lot of significance into the fact that this Galaxy Nexus will not support the Google Wallet, despite being an Android pho
MasterCard, mFoundry give banks another NFC option
We tend to see the race for NFC-based payment solutions in terms of telco-controlled ISIS vs. Google. If you view the race in such terms, you have to ask: Where the heck are the banks?
ISIS has not publically announced bank partners. The biggest bank commitment to date has come from Citigroup,
New e-book: An holistic approach to fraud management
The security landscape took some scary turns this year, prompting IBM to dub 2011 the Year of the Security Breach. The list of victims was long and daunting and encompassed big technology companies like Google, big security companies like RSA and big banks like Citigroup. No one thinks 2012 wi
Facebook to seek IPO in Q2 2012
When Google went public in 2004, it made no bones about its desire to change the IPO process, shifting the balance of power away from banks and toward the issuer.
It was one of the few companies with the heft to be able to dictate terms so brazenly. Recall that Goldman Sachs was rudely disqual
Fake Google+ page eludes Bank of America
Social media represents a brave new world for many banks. The landscape is changing fast, presenting new opportunities and new risks. In the risk category, new social media avenues can be used to deprecate a bank brand, a lesson the industry needs to take to heart.
Banks need to remain on guar
Google folds initial Checkout service
These are times of wondrous investment and innovation in the mobile payments industry.
We're in the initial stages of an all-out war for the future of consumer payments, one that's engulfing top Internet players, telcos, card companies, banks and plenty of start-ups. This may rank as one of t
Value of bug bounty programs
We've noted before that buggy software can be a security issue, one that has prompted many end-user companies to ponder actions that would make their vendors more accountable.
The issue is just as pressing when it comes to software developed internally for wide use over the Internet. Which bri
Cyber attack threats continue to grow
It's fair to say that the SEC and other government agencies have awakened when it comes to cyber threats.
After a string of hacks that victimized the likes of Citigroup, RSA and Google, the SEC recently issued some guidance about disclosure issues in the wake of an attack. Some companies are a
Did a massive APT hack hit 760 companies?
When RSA, owned by EMC, was brazenly hacked early this year, many people assumed the attack was a so-called APT, or advanced persistent threat, which can be defined as a sophisticated cyber attack instigated by a another country with significant resources and expertise.
Increasingly, the g
