4 Tips to Keep the Cybercriminals Out During Cyber Weekend

| Todd O'Boyle

As retailers and shoppers congregate online for the biggest shopping weekend of the year, so are cyber criminals. Cyber criminals use this time to their advantage. Are you prepared should a cyber criminal strike? Here are four tips to keep the cyber criminals out of your way this cyber weekend.

Millennials Want Companies to Adopt New Identity Verification Approaches

| Daniela Forte

When it comes to sharing personal information, millennials are extremely reluctant. However, there is a gap between millennials wanting to secure access on all connected devices and their willingness to sharing data. Here is what retailers need to know about what millennials want when it comes to sharing their personal information.

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2016: The Year of Consumer-Centric Fraud Prevention

| Bill Zielke

It’s been a busy year for e-commerce. The convenience and choice available with online shopping continues to win more buyers, and this year for the first time the National Retail Federation reported that on Thanksgiving weekend, more people shopped online than in stores.

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Cybercrime Predictions 2016: The Year of the Digital Identity

| MCM Staff

ThreatMetrix outlines four main themes to emerge next year: businesses shifting to digital, cybersecurity moving to the c-suite, the threat of cyberattacks becoming increasingly global and heightened fraud strategies putting digital identity intelligence front and center.

Small Improvements Bring Big Gains in Ecommerce Checkout

| K.M Pellegrino

Cart abandonment rates have remained surprisingly high, and represent an enormous revenue opportunity for merchants that improve their checkout experience. In this report, you will learn how to improve your ecommerce checkout and grow revenue and gain customer trust.

Breach Could Spell Real Trouble for CurrentC

| Tim Parry

Just eight weeks after it announced a private pilot mode launch of its customer-centric and secure mobile payment solution, CurrentC, the Merchant Customer Exchange announced its email database has been hacked. So what does this mean for CurrentC?

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Target CIO Resigns after Holiday Security Breach

| Erin Lynch

Target has announced that Beth Jacob, chief information officer, is resigning from her position as part of an “overhaul” of the retailer’s information security and compliance structure. Jacob’s resignation is effective March 5.