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RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Aite issues payment security paper ClickSure, Transpay partner up
The Aite Group LLC created a maturity model that The ClickSure open market affiliate network partnered
focuses specifically on payment security for information with Transpay, a cross-border payment platform. The
technology professionals and ecommerce managers. companies noted that with more than 50 percent of
The company's white paper, Protecting Customers and ClickSure affiliates preferring to receive commission
Reputations: A Merchant Payment Security Maturity Model, payouts directly to their local bank accounts, Transpay's
offers guidance for organizations at every maturity level, platform provides them with a simple, cost-effective
information on the most effective payment security tech- alternative to international bank wire and check meth-
nologies and security profile improvement tips. ods. ClickSure can now deliver payouts directly to affili-
ate banks in local currencies, further streamlining the
ThreatMetrix report shows record increase process.
As part of its ongoing effort to thwart cybercrime, Early Warning capitalizes on Mastercard Send
ThreatMetrix released its Q2 2016 Cybercrime Report. The
company noted that its digital identity network detected Early Warning Services LLC said it will leverage
and stopped 112 million cyber attacks during the quar- Mastercard Send to enable U.S. debit cardholders of
ter, a 50 percent increase from the same period in 2015. participating banks to send and receive money in real
The report revealed that the rise in stolen identity cre- time through the clearXchange network. The new capa-
dentials available in the market led to an increased level bility will provide a faster payments experience for
of attacks on new accounts, a 250 percent increase year- clearXchange users and expand clearXchange's overall
over-year. network reach, the companies stated.
Technavio tracks mobile payment security trends Fattmerchant partners with Dining Alliance
Technavio's latest report on the global mobile pay- Fattmerchant Inc. signed on with Dining Alliance as its
ment security software market provides an analysis on preferred merchant services provider. Fattmerchant now
important trends expected to impact the market outlook provides payment processing to the alliance's network of
from 2016 to 2020. According to the report, the top three more than 20,000 restaurant members across the United
emerging trends driving the global mobile payment States, enabling the restaurants to save thousands of dol-
security software market are the introduction of mobile lars annually in fees, the new partners said.
biometrics, multifactor authentication and adoption of
multimodal biometrics. Gupshup, Sage align to help SMBs
U.S. Payments Forum issues EMV guidelines Gupshup created a strategic partnership with Sage
Software Inc. in the launch of Sage's chat bot for account-
The U.S. Payments Forum released the white paper EMV ing. The bot, named Pegg, enables users to log expenses,
Chargeback Best Practices, providing guidelines on how to check invoices, track payments and more, simply by
ensure proper authorization of transactions, and how to chatting with the bot. Pegg represents a new, bot-
avoid or mitigate invalid chargebacks. The white paper enabled era in accounting, making business software
is focused on the appropriate treatment and mitigation simpler, easier and better than desktop, web and app
of both counterfeit and lost or stolen chip card charge- versions, according to the companies.
backs occurring after the liability shift dates for contact
chip cards used in attended transactions. Intelligent, Star integration
Urban Airship surveys mobile wallet adoption Intelligent Point of Sale Ltd. introduced the latest ver-
sion of its electronic POS app, intelligentpos Version 4.0,
Regardless of age, gender and location, consumers and integrated with Star Micronics' cable-free mobile
want to use mobile wallets to communicate with brands POS printers and combined Bluetooth printer and cash
about sales, offers, coupons, loyalty programs and more, drawer mPOP solution. According to the companies,
according to The State of Mobile Wallet Marketing report users now benefit from enhanced software and flexible,
published by Urban Airship Inc. The company conduct- cost-saving advantages of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi mPOS
ed a survey of 1,000 U.S. and 1,000 U.K. adults to analyze printing.
attitudes, expectations and adoption of mobile wallets.
Researchers found that mobile wallets are now among MPS, Cardis partner in parking
the top four ways consumers prefer to stay updated on
sales, offers and coupons. Municipal Parking Services, manufacturer of smart
parking meters, and Cardis Enterprises International
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