Google Pay Adds Convenience Fee for Bill Payments in India
As more companies pass card fees on to customers, Google Pay has started charging convenience fees for bill payments made by debit or credit card in India. According to the Economic Times, electricity and gas bill payments will now incur a fee of 0.5% to 1%, including goods and services tax. These payments were previously […]
Ghost Ransomware Attacks Target Outdated Systems
The current wave of ransomware attacks from the Chinese hacking operation known as Ghost infiltrates systems by exploiting vulnerabilities in organizational software. The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns that the hackers are primarily targeting outdated versions of software and firmware. Ghost uses publicly available computer code to exploit security weaknesses in systems that have not […]
Biometric Authentication Faces Barriers, But Use Cases for Merchants Have Emerged
There have been many highly publicized efforts to introduce biometric authentication into the merchant space, such as Amazon’s palm payment technology. While widespread adoption of biometrics in retail has yet to occur, intriguing use cases continue to emerge. In a recent PaymentsJournal podcast, Christopher Miller, Lead Emerging Payments Analyst, and Don Apgar, Director of Merchant […]