Developers Work To Combine NFC With Blockchain for POS Transactions

So far, neither near-field communication nor blockchain has been a blockbuster technology for payments in the U.S. market, but now developers are working on combining the two in a way they hope will g

The security of pretty much every computer on the planet has just gotten a lot worse

(CNN)The security of pretty much every computer on the planet has just gotten a lot worse, and the only real solution -- which,of course, is not a solution -- is to throw them all away and buy new one

Biometrics Scare Sends a Reminder About the Need for Thorough Data Protection

What appears to be only a scare about a breach of fingerprint data from a kiosk deployer is sending a reminder to the payments industry that biometrics are no panacea for data-security problems. �