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The 6 Best Credit Card Payment Apps for 2024
Best overall: Square Best for highly customizable payment workflows: Stripe Best for tailored POS setups: Clover Best for interchange-plus pricing: Helcim Best for e-commerce businesses with in-person sales: Shopify Finding the right credit card payment app is crucial as the need for secure, scalable, and feature-rich payment solutions grows. With tools designed to streamline operations, improve customer experiences, and support…
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Musk furious as judge shuts down DOGE access to Treasury payment system – Computerworld
Engelmayer’s answer, for now at least, is not far at all: only staff within the Treasury with the correct security clearance should be granted access to servers containing sensitive citizen and personal data. Not surprisingly, as it continues its campaign to refashion and downsize the federal workforce, the White House was derisive of the ruling and the legal suit that…
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Ransomware gang says it breached patient health and payment data at Michigan clinic
Ransomware gang BianLian today claimed responsibility for a November 2024 data breach at St. Clair Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, which operates a pair of clinics north of Detroit, Michigan. St. Clair notified an undisclosed number of patients that the following data was compromised in the breach: Health insurance data including health plans and policies, insurance companies, member and group ID…
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Top Payment Trends Shaping the Future of Transactions
Payments trends in 2024 and beyond are largely impacted by technology and the state of the economy. We’re seeing a decline in discretionary spending, and an increase in the number of ways consumers like to make payments. Plus, AI and biometrics are also impacting payment security and fraud prevention. Below, I’ll walk you through a few digital payment trends to…
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European Space Agency’s official store hacked to steal payment cards
European Space Agency’s official web shop was hacked as it started to load a piece of JavaScript code that generates a fake Stripe payment page at checkout. With a budget over 10 billion euros, the mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) is to extend the limits of space activities by training astronauts and building rockets and satellites for exploring…
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How Do Payment APIs Work?
If you’re hearing more about payment APIs now than in the past, it may be because you are. Apple recently announced plans to incorporate tap-to-pay functionality in the new iPhones. Big banks like Bank of America are seeing a major uptick in adopting payment API technology. And payment technologies with open APIs like Stripe continue advancing their capabilities and integrations.…
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Scammers target UK senior citizens with Winter Fuel Payment texts
As the winter season kicks in, scammers are not missing the chance to target senior British residents with bogus “winter heating allowance” and “cost of living support” scam texts. The scam campaign is opportunistic given the UK government’s recent controversial stance on cutting winter fuel payments from approximately 10 million pensioners across Britain. Lookalike GOV.UK pages Scammers are seen texting British residents this…
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Fortive Corporation subsidiaries notify thousands of data breach that compromised SSNs, payment info
20 subsidiaries of industrial technology conglomerate Fortive Corporation over the weekend confirmed they notified at least 31,478 people of a January 2023 data breach that compromised some or all of the following private information: Name Social Security number Financial account number Credit or debit card number Health insurance information Driver’s license number Passport number Birth certificate number Date of birth…
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Best ACH Payment Processing for Businesses in 2024
Best overall: Stripe Best for businesses needing an all-in-one payment solution: Square Best for businesses using QuickBooks: QuickBooks Money Best for free ACH payments: Melio Best for international bank transfers: GoCardless Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are electronic bank transfers that move funds between accounts through the ACH network. Unlike credit card transactions, ACH payments pull money directly from the…
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Maui, Hawaii health clinic notifies 124K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, payment and medical info
Malama I Ke Ola Health Center a.k.a. Community Clinic of Maui over the weekend confirmed it notified 123,882 people of a May 2024 data breach that compromised the following private info: Name Social Security number Date of birth Driver’s license or state-issued ID number Passport number Financial account number, Routing number Bank name Credit and debit card numbers, CVVs, and…
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