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Square Broadens Its Business Strategy with New Hardware Bundle

February 21, 2013

American Banker - Merchant payment processing is one incredibly fragmented market, despite years of consolidation......According to Jim Van Dyke, "makes you wonder if and when Square will launch a significant foray into mobile POS payments that...

Identity Fraud at a Three-Year High

February 20, 2013

Bank Systems and Technology- More than $21 billion was stolen due to identity fraud in 2012, the highest figure since 2009, according to a new report from Javelin Strategy & Research. Read More

First Look: Finance Tools for Couples — The Case of the $900 Shoes

February 14, 2013

American Banker- "Mark Schwanhausser, director of multichannel financial services at Javelin Strategy & Research, kindly pointed me to a few consumer-facing (PFM) tools, HomeBudget with Sync, ....." Read More

Hacktivists Threaten More DDoS Attacks

February 13, 2013

Bank Info Security- Financial fraud consultant Al Pascual notes: "The industry should remain guarded, but other industries should take note, as Izz ad-Din al-Qassam could potentially change their primary target after sharpening their teeth on the...

How to Handle a Dispute with Your Bank

February 7, 2013

U.S. News- Mark Schwanhausser, a Javelin Strategy & Research analyst who studies platforms consumers use for banking disputes, thinks consumers have the upper hand on Twitter. (In recent report), Banks have to control their brand and their...

Could Amazon’s Virtual Currency Buy You a Coffeemaker Someday?

February 5, 2013

MIT Technology Review- "Virtual currency has long been used to buy items within online games (and, more recently, apps). The market for virtual currency totaled about $3.7 billion in the U.S. alone during 2012" Read More

Increased mobile payment activity boosts mobile banking risk

January 15, 2013

ABA Banking Journal- "Javelin found that iPhone users spend 49% more shopping through the mobile browser than through the mobile app...... says Javelin Strategy & Research in a recent report." Read More

USAA Pilots Use of Mobile Check Capture to Fund New Accounts

January 9, 2013

American Banker- "It's a great use of mobile technology…it's very easy to 'fat finger' and enter data into touch screens and make a mistake. Using the image helps with accuracy, and it's going to be more convenient as long as it's done in a secure...

Mobile Devices Set to Become Next DDoS Attack Tool

January 4, 2013

Network World- "While no DDoS attacks have been linked to mobile devices, Pascual is convinced it's only a matter of time. A recent Javelin survey found that less than a third of mobile devices in the U.S. had security software, which meant more...

Android, iPhone are Top Fraud Targets, Study Finds

January 2, 2013

Bank Systems & Technology- "Consumers who use Android and iPhone devices to conduct mobile payments and mobile banking are top targets of fraudsters, according to a new report from Javelin Strategy & Research." Read More