Merchant Risk Council

With the vision of making commerce safe and profitable everywhere, the Merchant Risk Council is the leading global business association for eCommerce fraud and payments professionals.

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2019 Call for Speakers

The Call for Speakers for MRC Vegas 2019 is open now through October 1. Speakers may choose from a variety of topics; merchant members selected to present will receive complimentary event registration.

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Upcoming Webinars

Join us for our upcoming webinars featuring in-depth information on lessons learned implementing machine learning, merchant payment leadership best practices, overcoming key holiday challenges, and cybercrime attack survey findings and analysis.

MRC Appoints Paul Kuykendall as CEO

The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) announced that its Global Board of Directors elected Paul Kuykendall as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kuykendall will assume day-to-day leadership of the MRC, and together with the Global Board, drive the organization's strategic direction.

Industry News

Finextra Research News

Why Corporate Banks should be embracing AI and Machine Learning
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BBVA app lets Spanish customers see products from other providers
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5 reasons why banks struggle with digital transformation
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Bread raises $60m
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Thomson Reuters and ModuleQ team on AI-powered personalised insights
Thomson Reuters and ModuleQ announced today a partnership to assist professionals with time sensitiv...

Krebs on Security

Credit Freezes are Free: Let the Ice Age Begin
It is now free in every U.S. state to freeze and unfreeze your credit file and that of your dependents, a process that blocks identity thieves and ot[…]
Mirai Botnet Authors Avoid Jail Time
Citing "extraordinary cooperation" with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines fo[…]
GovPayNow.com Leaks 14M+ Records
Government Payment Service Inc. — a company used by thousands of U.S. state and local governments to accept online payments for everything from traff[…]
U.S. Mobile Giants Want to be Your Online Identity
The four major U.S. wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords and instead authenticate visitors […]
Patch Tuesday, September 2018 Edition
Adobe and Microsoft today each released patches to fix serious security holes in their software. Adobe pushed out a new version of its beleaguered Fl[…]

The Paypers

Poll confirms Australians prefer card to cash
(The Paypers) A YouGov Galaxy poll commissioned by Square has found shoppers prefer cards rather than cash, while banks add more card options to thei[…]
Banco BPM selects CRISTAL Instant Payments
(The Paypers) Banco BPM has selected CRISTAL licensed software package from Worldline for the implementation of its Instant Payment platform.
76 percent of Gen Z shoppers prefer to shop in-store rather than online
(The Paypers) Profitect’s new survey, conducted on more than 1,000 Gen Z shoppers from the US aged 18-22, has indicated that 42% of respondents[…]
Brazilian bank Itaú partners with PayPal for online payments services
(The Paypers) PayPal has announced that it will partner with Itaú Unibanco for online digital account services.
REWE opens new logistics centre as ecommerce sector grows
(The Paypers) REWE has opened a new logistics centre to serve its fast-growing online groceries business as ecommerce competition hots up in the food[…]