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Alternative payments – Three unrecognised truths for merchants
As the European eCommerce market continues its meteoric rise, we spend an increasing proportion of our time looking at how to accommodate the diverse alternative payments preferences of European consumers. Our merchant clients raise questions like: “How do German consumers pay online, which payment types should I accept in The Netherlands, and can Italians use [...]
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Companies stockpiling Bitcoin against cyber attacks
A study among UK companies reveals that many of them are building a reserve in various crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, in order to pay off criminals in case of cyber attacks. According to the numbers crunched by Citrix and Censuswide, who polled 250 UK IT and security managers, one in three UK businesses is now creating [...]
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BlueSnap solves checkout abandonment with MasterPass
BlueSnap says that MasterPass is now available in its Powered Buy Platform to give merchants the frictionless checkout experience they need to reach global shoppers and solve checkout abandonment with higher payment conversions. With the BlueSnap and MasterPass integration, merchants have access to a robust, full feature global checkout experience. BlueSnap automatically routes transactions to multiple acquiring [...]
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MCX ends CurrentC test – deactives user accounts
Proving just how hard it is to enter the payments space, even with backing and an obvious route to mas consumer usage, MCX, has announced that it is ending its the ongoing CurrentC beta test and postponing all future releases – according to an email obtained by The Consumerist. After the beta test ends, MCX will disable all [...]
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Using Biometrics to improve UX and secure transactions
Fingerprint biometrics has become one of the most widely used authentication modalities because of its long history, ease of use, performance, interoperability, ability to thwart imposters and low cost. To improve security, chips on cards can securely hold biometric templates that can be matched at the point of verification, and smartphones or other mobile devices [...]
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