Merchant Risk Council

The MRC is a global membership organization connecting eCommerce fraud and payments professionals through online forums, career development programs, conferences, and networking events. Hear our members share the value of MRC collaboration.

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Upcoming Webinars

Join us for our upcoming webinars discussing using credential screening to stop account takeovers, benefits of chargeback automation, the Paladin Vendor Report, Perseuss' Reputation Score, Latin American payment strategies, and top holiday fraud sources.

MRC Connects Toronto

Join us at MRC Connects Toronto on September 17 sponsored by Ethoca! Here you will have the opportunity to connect with local industry professionals and enjoy networking, a panel discussion, and refreshments.

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MRC Mentor Program

Our industry can be difficult to navigate. The MRC Mentor Program pairs ambitious and tenured professionals to build relationships and share knowledge relevant to respective career goals. Must be a current MRC member.

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Industry News

Finextra Research News

11:FS welcomes ex BCG Ventures and Apple head of talent
11:FS, the challenger firm defining and building digitally native financial services through techn...
JCB enables card acceptance for merchants in UK and Ireland
JCB International, Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., today annou...
Israeli Bank Hapoalim selects Wolters Kluwer’s credit risk software
Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel’s largest banks has selected Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX solution for Risk...
MineHub and Amphora partner to streamline trading operation
MineHub, the innovative blockchain technology that is digitalizing the mining and metals supply chai...
BrickVest launches second Employee Participation Fund
BrickVest, the London-based online real estate investment platform, has launched its second Employee...

Krebs on Security

Meet Bluetana, the Scourge of Pump Skimmers
"Bluetana," a new mobile app that looks for Bluetooth-based payment card skimmers hidden inside gas pumps, is helping police and state employees more[…]
Patch Tuesday, August 2019 Edition
Most Microsoft Windows (ab)users probably welcome the monthly ritual of applying security updates about as much as they look forward to going to the […]
SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First Amer[…]
iNSYNQ Ransom Attack Began With Phishing Email
A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an […]
Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.
Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hij[…]

The Paypers

Sberbank to test biometric payments
(The Paypers) Russia` Sberbank has announced that will test payments with fingerprints and face recognition without the use of payment cards or gadge[…]
Silvergate Bank to offer cryptocurrency-collateralised loans
(The Paypers) Silvergate Capital Corporation, the holding company of cryptocurrency-friendly Silvergate Bank, has unveiled that it plans to offer cry[…]
Wirecard reveals fast track PSD2 onboading through Financial Commerce Platform
(The Paypers) Wirecard has announced it’s automatically offering all new customers a fast track to PSD2 onboarding through its digital Financia[…]
CoinGecko, AMLT network team up to combat fraud
(The Paypers) Crypto market aggregator CoinGecko has joined the network of blockchain analytics and AML company Coinfirm.
The value of pre-authorization screening in the payments ecosystem of today
(The Paypers) Spencer McLain, Ekata: The key to successful pre-authorization screening is in the timing and the intelligent use of data