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SignatureLink Inc. subsidiary said its 3-D Secure MPI, holiday shopping weather" (cold and dry) contributed
which it considers the most advanced consumer payer to the growth.
authentication solution ever created, is useless if issu-
ing banks fail to acknowledge and use the technology. Square streamlines dongle
According to the terms of the license, users cannot resell
3-D Secure MPI, SecureBuy said. Mobile payment firm Square Inc. upgraded its Square
Reader. The dongle now sports a thinner, more accu-
SmartSAQ deployment rate magnetic read head and spring (a chip that pow-
milestone surpassed ers the reader via the smartphone it is attached to) and
improved communication protocols, Square said.
Payment security and compliance firm ControlScan
reported it has initiated over 1 million Self-Assessment TSYS deemed among the most civic
Questionnaires (SAQs) that guide merchants in compli- Total System Services Inc. (TSYS) was named to The
ance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Civic 50 list, which recognizes companies in the United
Standard (DSS). ControlScan's proprietary SmartSAQ is States for their community involvement. The list was
designed to maintain the integrity of the traditional PCI compiled by the National Conference on Citizenship and
SAQ while removing the complexities that can cause the civic engagement firm Points of Light. It was based
merchant error and abandonment of the process.
on a survey conducted by True Impact. The results are
SpendTrend shows strong available on Bloomberg News.
turkey day spending ValidSoft joins FIDO

First Data Corp.'s SpendTrend analysis of Thanksgiving/ Mobile fraud prevention, authentication and transaction
Black Friday 2013 payment data showed that dollar verification enterprise ValidSoft UK Ltd. joined the FIDO
volume growth was 9 percent compared to 5.6 percent (Fast Identity Online) Alliance. FIDO, which includes
growth the same time last year. First Data said most of PayPal Inc., mobile device manufacturer Lenovo,
the growth occurred on Thanksgiving, and that "perfect

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