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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How financial institutions can stay safe and secure online

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Ideas for educating and promoting cybersecurity in October Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an opportunity for banks and credit unions to promote online safety and take steps to reduce cyber risks. Cybersecurity Awareness Month is now in its 20th year and has a new enduring theme: Secure Our World.

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Report: Skillz Takes Bowling Online — And Strikes Out Bad Actors

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While video streaming services remain popular, research indicates more consumers are also turning to online gaming and gambling platforms. The Tracker also examines how both fraudsters and online gaming platforms are employing new emerging technologies to muscle bad actors out of these services. Skillz Takes Offline Bowling Online.

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Securing The New Commerce Normal

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For all that has changed dramatically in the last several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, consumers are still looking for the same two core offerings in every transaction, no matter what it is or where it takes place: seamlessness and security. An awful lot of other things have changed all around that core, however.

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Open Banking Meets Instant Payments At The Online Checkout

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Building on top of the open banking infrastructure, PayDirect is a new payment method that enables companies to take online payments in a highly secure way, and also pay out to customers through the same rails. I mean, how does a piece of plastic have anything to do with online?

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Fiserv: Merchants And The Need Multilayered Security In A Digital-First World

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Tim Horton , head of global merchant security and fraud solutions at Fiserv , told a recent PYMNTS Masterclass that online purchases have more than doubled year on year in the general retail segment, while online grocery sales have surged by 250 percent. But put the same consumer online and the story is very different.

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Square Offers Beauty Sector Online Booking, POS Tool

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Square is offering merchants in the beauty and wellness industry a point of sale (POS) tool that integrates appointments, payments and checkout for a streamlined, secure process. . The app-based tool gives salon customers the ability to book their appointments online and also issues reminders.

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New Report: SMS-Based Outreach Helps Merchants Authenticate Consumers, Boost Online Sales

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Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A convenient, yet secure solution could be just a few taps away, however.

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