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Banxa Receives $2m Series A Investment From NGC Ventures
Banxa, a gateway solution that specializes in transferring fiat currency into cryptocurrency, signed Series A investment round worth $2 million with NGC Ventures, the companies announced in a statement. Banxa is internationally compliant, and one of a growing number of firms seeking to take blockcha
Kount ‘Protecting Digital Innovation’ Report Released
Kount, an eCommerce solution specializing in AI fraud prevention techniques, released a new report ‘Protection Digital Innovation: Emerging Fraud and Attack Vectors’. Javelin Strategy, a consultancy, researched and produced the report. The report provides new data and analysis about how
VISA Acquires Plaid
Visa announced it will acquire fintech payments connectivity firm Plaid, the company announced in a statement. Visa will pay $5.3 billion for the acquisition. The statement did reveal the structure of the purchase consideration. In the statement, Visa CEO and Chairman Al Kelly said Plaid came to its
Mimecast Acquires Segasec
Mimecast Limited, a data security company, acquired digital threat protection firm Segasec, the company said in a statement. Segasec provides a range of services, including using machine learning to identify hackers seeking to scrape personal data and consumer-facing phishing scam monitoring. The ac
Easi and Adyen Form New Partnership
Adyen, an end-to-end payments solution for online, mobile, and in-store channels, partnered with food and grocery app Easi, the companies said in a statement. Easi is based out of Australia, and is preparing to expand both locally within Australia and globally to foreign markets. As part of those ro
Experian Data Breach Forecast 2020 Released
Experian Data Breach, an eCommerce fraud prevention solution that offers incident notification and response services to mitigate and prepare for the risk of data breach attacks, released a new report: Data Breach Industry Forecast 2020. The report provides predictions about the strategy and tactics
Amazon Fraud Detector Launched
Amazon announced the launch of a new eCommerce fraud prevention tool, Fraud Detector, during Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2019. Fraud Detector will analyze email addresses, IP addresses, historical transactions, and more via a private API. The tool will also use the data insights gained from
Twitter 2FA No Longer Requires Phone Number
Twitter will allow users to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) without providing a SMS number, the company announced. Although the SMS option remains available, users can now also use internet browsers and authenticators. The change comes in response to user requests dating back at least a year.
Macy’s Magecart Attack Steals Shoppers’ Payment Data
Hackers successfully targeted retail giant Macy’s with a Magecart attack, stealing the payments data of the company’s customers, the company said in a statement. Hackers compromised the checkout and wallet pages of Macy’s website. Data stolen includes payment card numbers, payment
SITA 2019 Air Transport IT Insights Released
SITA, a company specializing in air transport IT and communications, released its ‘2019 Air Transport IT Insights’ report. Several sections of the report focus on cybersecurity at both airlines and airports. In an interview discussing the findings with Intelligent CIO, a cybersecurity ma
