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New Data Show Consumers Once Again Are Willing To Pull Out Their Credit Cards

March 14, 2013

Digital Transactions- We’re seeing some loosening of the standards in that consumers who were turned down for credit a few years ago are getting it today,” says Beth Robertson...(the) numbers confirm what Javelin found in an October survey of...

Banking Industry Proactively Developing Anti-Fraud Measures for Mobile

March 13, 2013

Bank Systems & Technology- Fraudsters have already developed means to attack mobile devices. “These [mobile devices] are being targeted. We’re seeing Zeus, Citadel and other malware making their way to mobile." according to Al Pascual, Sr....

Consumer Appetite for Comprehensive, Mobile PFM Grows

March 1, 2013

Bank Systems and Technology- Nearly half of U.S. consumers want to view all of their financial account balances in one place, according to a new report from Javelin Strategy & Research. Read More

Visa Teams up with Samsung And Roam To Develop Mobile Payments

February 25, 2013

Digital Transactions Mary Monahan notes that the Visa-Samsung pact casts the spotlight on the issuer side of mobile payments at a time when most of the recent attention has been on merchant side. “It’s all chicken-and-egg, . . .. Read More

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