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Payments Risk, Analytics News

• ISO Offering Womply Insights Analytics to Merchants

  PaymentsSource | May 16, 2013

  US Merchant Systems, an ISO with 100,000 retail locations, is providing data analytics to customers through Womply Insights.

• Homeland Security Seizes Funds from Dwolla in Bitcoin Probe

  PaymentsSource | May 15, 2013

  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a court order to the alternative payment provider Dwolla to cease operations with Mt. Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange, which it accuses of operating as an unlicensed money transmitter.

• Tyfone Plans to Expand Smart-Card Security to More Devices

  PaymentsSource | May 15, 2013

  Tyfone Inc. is taking smart-card security beyond plastic payment cards with a plan to apply the technology to mobile devices and personal computers.

• Why Prepaid Cards Appeal to Hackers

  PaymentsSource | May 14, 2013

  Prepaid cards have been at the heart of several data breaches in recent years because their traits can make them easier for fraudsters to exploit.

• Elavon, Under New CEO Haslam, Invests in Innovation

  PaymentsSource | May 13, 2013

  Simon Haslam is becoming president and CEO of Elavon at a time of extreme stress for payments processors, which face nimble competitors, new payment standards and high-profile security risks.

• Prepaid Card Processors Hit in $45 Million ATM Cash-Out Scheme Identified

  PaymentsSource | May 12, 2013

  The identities of the card processing companies whose systems were breached in a massive cyber offensive have surfaced.