Merchant Risk Council

About MRC

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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MRC Connects Sydney

Join us at MRC Connects Sydney on November 21 sponsored by ACI Worldwide! Here you will have the opportunity to connect with local industry professionals and enjoy a networking happy hour.

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Upcoming Webinars

Join us for our upcoming webinars featuring in-depth information on overcoming key holiday challenges, cybercrime attack survey findings and analysis, ways merchants can prepare for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), tips to improve acceptance rates while preventing chargebacks, and benefits of universal digital identities.

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

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Banks see payments infrastructure renovation as key to digital strategy
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Krebs on Security

Supply Chain Security 101: An Expert’s View
Earlier this month I spoke at a cybersecurity conference in Albany, N.Y. alongside Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Cent[…]
Patch Tuesday, October 2018 Edition
Microsoft this week released software updates to fix roughly 50 security problems with various versions of its Windows operating system and related s[…]
Naming & Shaming Web Polluters: Xiongmai
What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? If eve[…]
Supply Chain Security is the Whole Enchilada, But Who’s Willing to Pay for It?
From time to time, there emerge cybersecurity stories of such potential impact that they have the effect of making all other security concerns seem m[…]
When Security Researchers Pose as Cybercrooks, Who Can Tell the Difference?
A ridiculous number of companies are exposing some or all of their proprietary and customer data by putting it in the cloud without any kind of authe[…]

The Paypers

Societe Generale trials biometric cards
(The Paypers) Societe Generale has announced that biometric cards are now being tested to expand contactless capabilities across France.
Netflix to further take the best out of Visa Token Service
(The Paypers) Visa has announced an expansion of Netflix’s use of the Visa Token Service, with a key focus of tackling card-not-present authori[…]
Regulation, the catalyst for banking transformation – Deutsche Bank paper
(The Paypers) Deutsche Bank has issued a white paper called “Regulation for banking transformation”, emphasising the importance furtherin[…]
UnionPay cards issued outside China exceeds 100 million
(The Paypers) UnionPay International has announced that the number of UnionPay cards issued outside the Chinese Mainland has exceeded 100 million.
Square rolls out payment device 'Terminal' with NFC, card support
(The Paypers) Square has announced the launch of a POS hardware device, Terminal, which combines NFC, credit/debit card swiping, and chip-based payme[…]