This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Samsung has activated two-factor authentication after a data leak showed strangers’ private information, according to reports. Samsung hasn’t officially said that the data leak is the reason for the security. Samsung hasn’t officially said that the data leak is the reason for the security.
Samsung To Roll Out Pay Card For Digital Wallet With Mastercard, Curve. Samsung Electronics Co. plans to offer a Samsung Pay Card that will operate like a digital wall for customers. For the launch, Samsung is linking up with Mastercard and FinTech Curve.
Samsung, the South Korean consumer electronics giant, announced Thursday (March 20) a partnership with Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) to launch Samsung Pay for its branded cards. In a press release , Samsung said cardholders on specific programs issued and managed by PFS in the U.K. can now enable Samsung Pay.
A New Year’s Eve ransomware attack on Travelex continued to affect global businesses and customers today, including multiple Samsung Pay users, according to reports. A company representative confirmed that Samsung Pay’s international transactions have halted as technicians continue their efforts to resolve the issue.
Security researchers in Israel have discovered serious vulnerabilities in the operating system used by Samsung in its smart televisions, smart watches and mobile devices, Fortune reported. It’s possible that tens of millions of Samsung products could be at risk of being remotely take over by hackers.
Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, and Samsung SDS, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced a new partnership aimed at providing consumers with a frictionless mobile banking/payment solution.
and China impacts the global markets for smartphones and chips, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. predicts a sharp drop in operating profit for the second quarter. Operating profit for April through June likely dropped 56 percent to $5.6 As the trade war between the U.S. billion or 6.5 Intensified U.S.-China
It was a solid earnings report for Samsung in the fourth quarter of 2017, as earnings surged due to strong sales of the manufacturer’s memory chips, the company said in an announcement. But on the downside, Samsung faced challenges with its System LSI and Foundry businesses, as weak seasonality impacted the growth of those product lines.
a South Korean digital bank, has chosen Credit Suisse and KB Investment & Securities as its advisors for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO), Reuters reported. Kakao Bank is one of only two digital banks in the country and became profitable in 2019, according to Reuters, after less than two years of operation. billion).
It gives us the opportunity to add a trust layer to operations, and design new disruptive services.”. Samsung announced on Wednesday (Feb. Telefónica Chief Innovation Officer Gonzalo Martín-Villa said in an announcement , “Blockchain not only allows us to work with new business models related to personal data.
He is accused of setting up and operating Darkode, a black marketplace that operated between 2008 and 2013, as well as creating and deploying Mariposa, one of the largest botnets. And Samsung-backed Blocko is now in the UAE after it secured funding in Asia Pacific and Europe.
In news surprising to no one, The Galaxy Note both literally and figuratively torched Samsung’s earnings last quater. Samsung Electronics just logged its lowest quarterly profit in two years, all but erasing earnings from its mobile unit in the three months to October. Shares were up 0.6
FitPay is working to enable and secure contactless payments made on any connected device. Earlier this year, FitPay joined forces with security technology company NXT-ID in an effort to build out a more comprehensive Internet of Things (IoT) platform. Security throughout the IoT arena is a topic that’s continually being refined.
The second week of October also saw JPMC betting big on the blockchain, Google getting into hardware in a big way and Samsung having yet another explosive week — but not the good kind. Speaking of going wrong… More Phones On Fire For Samsung. More bad news for Samsung. And that’s just the first course.
Also, Samsung production in Vietnam could stall due to the coronavirus. Samsung Production Backlogged In Vietnam Due To Coronavirus. The coronavirus epidemic’s impact on Vietnam’s supply chain could stall production of the latest Samsung smartphones. Samsung is Vietnam’s biggest foreign investor. Does Daily Deals 2.0
Logistics company Supplylogix has reportedly secured a patent pertaining to inventory management technology, reports in Citizen Tribune said Friday (April 20). Reducing returns, transferring medications to other stores, and reducing costs are all vital parts of improving business operations for our customers,” Harvey said.
Those three words strike at the heart of identity, and mean so very much when it comes to the efficient operation of the global digital economy and its continuing growth, whether via retail, payments, financial services, healthcare or other areas. Everything is moving toward digital.”. The battle never ends.
Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. As PYMNTS reported earlier in December, Verizon and Samsung plan launch U.S. 5G Deployments.
In a world where payments become more invisible the more digital they become, there’s never been a better opportunity to consider new ways to enable the digital transformation of financial services in a secure and compliant way. Payments Security As A Digital Business Enabler. Or watch its digital disruption.
That’s why payments innovation isn’t just about delivering a solution, but delivering one that can create efficiency and reduce risk in a secure manner. ML: As executive vice president and CIO, I am responsible for the technology and security solutions we provide and how they are positioned in the marketplace.
New data shows that more customers are choosing iPhone over Samsung devices this year, with iPhones accounting for 36 percent of total US smartphone activations during the second quarter of 2018. In comparison, Samsung devices were responsible for 36 percent of new activations during the quarter—a decline from last year.
Earlier this week, PayPal released news it has inked a deal with Samsung Electronics , enabling PayPal as a payment choice within Samsung Pay, the South Korean-based consumer electronics online payment service. PayPal will now be listed as a payment method and can be used anywhere Samsung Pay is accepted in-store, online or in-app.
In the last month, a host of tech giants ranging from Uber to Samsung partnered with emerging payment solutions to get a foot up on the competition. Meanwhile, Samsung is reportedly considering offering its mobile payment solution, Samsung Pay, through competing smartphone brands. The latest in the PaaS world.
Preventing fraud with seamless and secure onboarding solutions is key. The latter method works by sending a cardholder an email, advertising the next-generation Samsung or iPhone for just $1, for example. Others are rolling out blockchain technologies to provide users with even greater personal data security.
Among the most visible examples to date are deployments where FIDO is used to authenticate payments across PayPal, Samsung Pay, and carriers such as NTT DOCOMO. Beyond the payments functionality, FIDO targets interoperability across digital transactions that span channels and also different types of mobile devices.
Among the highlights were Alexa’s smart TV expansion – particularly into models made by LG and Samsung. The integration with Samsung was a bit of a head turner, given that the South Korean electronics firm has been a holdout when it comes to offering Alexa or Google Assistant on its TVs, since it has its own assistant, Bixby.
We suggested that payments would become ever tighter integrated into the device and the operating system (OS) and that we will see the emergence of device-based wallets, “which store securely on the phone a token associated with payment credentials, which can be discovered and summoned as needed by any app or a site reached via mobile browser.”
Many nongovernmental groups and organizations are working to make them ubiquitous across the country, including the Secure Technology Alliance (STA), a nonprofit industry association dedicated to developing and improving security technologies for a variety of businesses. Privacy, Security and Constant Updates.
Mastercard and MegaFon have introduced two joint initiatives that will allow subscribers to link their mobile phone accounts to Apple Pay or Samsung Pay through the creation of a virtual Mastercard card. We hope to encourage most users of Apple and Samsung devices in our network to subscribe to this service.
Hacking, Hacking Everywhere : The venerable Samsung brand may be under attack. Research shows that there are security flaws inherent in coding across several devices that can turn mobile phones, smart watches and TVs into zombie machines that can be compromised by hackers. Visa has been very busy lately.
In a press release , E la Carte said the new terminal has the highest levels of security available built in along with future-proof capability and ease of use. Brick-and-mortar payments and security requirements have changed dramatically in the last five years. It also acts as a QR code reader and camera.
Fortune 500 company Tech Data left a server with access to customer and billing data unsecured, and it was compromised by security researchers, according to a report by TechCrunch. The server in question was operating a database that was used to log company events for its StreamOne Cloud service.
Other companies in the FIDO Alliance include Facebook, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Samsung and Amazon. For example, many bad actors will get a password from a site with low security and use the same password on a higher-security site. That would work the same way Apple’s two-factor authentication (2FA) operates.
The program is operable immediately. Demand for refurbished products has surged, and by securing exclusive rights to inventory sold directly from the most popular manufacturers, eBay is changing the way people shop this category," said Jordan Sweetnam , senior vice president and general manager for eBay's North America market.
billion phones with fingerprint scanning that will go to market at the same time, and you’ve got the makings of a serious online security upgrade. It’s important to understand that DDLs are not meant to replace the physical plastic card,” Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of Secure Technology Alliance (STA) told PYMNTS.
The military’s need for tracking its multi-part, expensive operations has only increased with the introduction of 3D printing, according to Coindesk. Robert Farkas, the 33-year-old co-founder of crypto project Centra Tech , has pleaded guilty in court to conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud, Coindesk reported.
Apple sold up to 2 million iPhone 12 units the first day, up from 800,000 units of the iPhone 11, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities told CNBC. Apple reported high demand for iPhone 12 preorders, even surpassing those for last year’s iPhone 11. The surge was partly due to demand in China , he said.
And, as new data released by Security research company Security.org indicates, that upgrade wave among consumers is increasingly extending to making their homes smarter as well. The latest round of Amazon Smart Home upgrades also included a heavy focus on security, including a $4.99
The Galaxy S8 has managed to inspire a lot of eager expectation over the last several weeks, as consumers waited to get their hands on the phone that Samsung hopes will finally turn the page on the series of unfortunate events that followed the ill-fated Galaxy S7. It could be a big differentiator for Samsung.
HP sold a majority stake in its networking equipment operation to Tsinghua Unigroup, and looks to recoup lost sales in the region that way. And in the midst of antitrust investigations, Microsoft has, along with chip giant Qualcomm, set up Chinese joint venture entities with an eye on security regulations in China.
Chinese supply chain management startup YH has just secured an impressive Series A funding round. Alibaba and Samsung are clients, according to reports, and the company operates with logistics centers at more than 50 cities in China. “In Reports on Friday (Sept. YH is now valued at $1 billion, reports noted.
South Korea’s Korea Credit Data, a FinTech startup that operates in the small- and medium-sized business accounting software market, said it is exploring an entrance into the world of blockchain.
As more banks, industries, companies and even retail brands take on and use blockchain technology in their business, there are the enhanced and innate elements of efficiency and security. “A And that security is indeed a concern and need for multiple parties. “At Walmart added it to track pork in China and produce in the U.S.,
Check out all the B2B FinTech companies that secured fresh investments below. This week, the company announced it had raised $750,000 from Frontline Ventures and other backers, which the firm will use to launch operations in the U.K. SMB Banking. Countingup. later this year, according to reports. Treasury Management.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 23,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content