May 21, 2019 | Card, Security
If you’re a younger reader, you may not realise the amount of changes that have happened to the humble credit card to get to where we are now. From its origins in the 1950’s to the most advanced contactless payments, learn more about cards, and credit card...
Jan 2, 2018 | Banking, Business, Mobile, Online, Security, UK
With the holiday shopping season behind us, most shoppers can probably say with confidence that the worst part of the whole experience was trying to remember passwords for the eCommerce sites they shopped. It’s not just the holiday season, either. A recent study by...
Dec 6, 2017 | Business, Mobile, News, Online, Retail, Security, Technology, UK
Modern consumers have high expectations for technology. If something doesn’t work perfectly, they’re quick to grow frustrated and abandon it as junk. “Our generation is a little bit spoiled,” said Bart van Hoek, head of Innovations with UL Transaction Security — and...
Dec 5, 2017 | Business, Fraud, Online, Security
A vice president at Alphabet’s Google says that the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data in various fields will pose new challenges to the governments regulating those industries. “It’s going to be a big issue,” Geoffrey Hinton said at...
Jul 20, 2017 | Banking, Business, Card, Contactless, Mobile, News, Online, Security, Terminal, UK
As of January 2018, businesses will be stripped of their ability to add any surcharges to their card transactions. Airlines, fast-food chains and small businesses will be those who suffer most from the ban, but there are ways in which these companies can make up for...
Jun 8, 2017 | Contactless, Mobile, Online, Security, Technology, UK
We have often associated wearable technology with the fitness industry. Companies such as FitBit have produced spectacular results in this field, harnessing the ability to track and manage anything from distance run to calories burned over a certain period of time....
