Transaction Monitoring and Credit Monitoring in Light of the Target Breach
Target has begun to offer security breach victims free credit monitoring for a year now that approximately 110 million Americans may have had their data compromised due to a security breach. We’ve...
View ArticleWhy The CFPB Is The Best Thing To Happen To Americans Since J.Law
Jennifer Lawrence is pretty awesome, right? For several years now she’s excelled at playing characters that excite the American imagination- they’re young, vibrant, and struggle against difficult odds...
View ArticleA Selfie for Your Checks? What You Should Know about Remote Deposit Capture
by guest blogger Caitlin Watkins Too busy to go to the bank? Hate waiting in lines? I sure do. That’s why I tried Mobile Remote Deposit Capture (mRDC), which is basically like taking a selfie of all...
View ArticleOutsmarting Thieves: Cutting Theft with a Smartphone Kill Switch
Smartphone thefts are out of control. According to San Francisco’s District Attorney, such theft is a major problem in big cities—over fifty percent of the robberies committed in San Francisco, for...
View ArticleMobile Financial Services Show Promise, But Consumers Need To Be Assured Of...
Mobile financial services may provide consumers lower-cost, more convenient ways to manage their money but lawmakers, industry and regulators need to step-up to ensure adequate consumer protections, we...
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AmEx Initiative Is Trying To Make Mobile Payments More Secure
American Express today announced the creation of American Express Token Service, to help card issuers, retailers and others in payments to support tokenization, a more secure mobile payment technology....
View ArticleCFPB Sues Sprint for Mobile “Cramming” Charges
Sprint customers, rejoice: if you’ve been getting annoying little charges on your mobile phone bill, for stuff you didn’t ask for, you may be getting relief. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection...
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Alert: Facebook’s New P2P Terms of Service Say You’re On Your Own If Things...
In March, Facebook announced the launch of a payments feature for its Messenger application. It allows users to send each other money with just a message, just like this image from Facebook’s press...
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Your Wallet on Four Wheels?
Could the ultimate mobile payment device be your car? Payments Source reports that financial technology providers, payment card networks, banks, car manufacturers and retailers are all thinking about...
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A Better Day for Mobile Pay? Google Wallet Adds FDIC Insurance
Google Wallet Logo Good news for consumers who store funds directly in a Google Wallet: your funds are will soon be protected by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Insurance,...
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