January 16, 2018
There was a time when cash was the only accepted form of payment. Then the credit card emerged. In more recent years other forms like PayPal have been introduced. One of the more recent is Apple Pay and many businesses […]
August 8, 2017
The switchover to EMV chip cards has taken a bite out of in store credit card fraud. In some cases in store fraud has been reduced by nearly 75% in some European countries. While that is certainly encouraging and cause […]
February 14, 2017
When the EMV chip cards were introduced they were heralded as a powerful tool in stopping fraud. Those that trumpeted this claim were right and they were wrong. Cloning the EMV cards and stealing information off of them has become […]
August 30, 2016
With the new EMV cards being issued (albeit slowly) we should be seeing a decline in stolen credit cards shouldn’t we? After all, these new cards are advertised as being able to cut down on credit card fraud which should […]
June 14, 2016
Chances are you have bought something online or posted on a message board at some point in your life. Chances are you have had that little box come up where you have to type what you see on the screen […]
June 7, 2016
By now in 2016 we are all familiar with the basic concepts of e-commerce. Chances are we have all bought something on Amazon or eBay or a site like that. It is another cog in the wheel of modern commerce […]