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Lull Hits B2B FinTech Venture Capital Funding

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South Carolina’s Mailprotector offers customers email security and encryption technology designed for businesses, governments and nonprofits. Investors at Ballast Point Ventures led a $5 million Series A funding round for the firm, according to a press release.

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Moving To Safeguard PII, Bit By Byte And Chip by Chip

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Intel noted its own tech solutions for transactions, tied to hardware and encryption, focus on personal information and payment card data. There’s also, Intel said, the benefit of new markets that can open up for conscientious MSPs and firms that can demonstrably protect data and identity assets.

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What is a White-Label Payment Gateway?

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Acting as a virtual bridge, it encrypts sensitive data, such as credit card details, and ensures its secure transmission for authorization and processing. The next step is to assess the vendor’s approach to data protection, encryption, and fraud prevention by ensuring they comply with the necessary security standards, such as PCI DSS.

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Pragmatically Navigating New Technologies in The New Year

The Finance Weekly

To prevent harm to your network and mitigate risk, consider requiring multi factor authentication to access company data, encrypting email, securing email attachments, and implementing other best practices. Malware attacks, especially ransomware attacks, are on the rise.

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What is a Payment Processor?

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Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption became a standard, ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive information during online transactions. ISOs (Independent Sales Organizations) or MSPs (Merchant Service Providers) ISOs, or Independent Sales Organizations , act as intermediaries between merchants and acquirers.

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What is Payment Facilitation as a Service or PayFac-as-a-Service?

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For instance, ISOs, MSPs, embedded finance providers, cryptocurrency payment platforms, and others. Look into their payment fraud prevention measures, including data encryption, anti-fraud filters, and adherence to PCI DSS. This is particularly beneficial for FinTechs specializing in areas beyond payment facilitation.

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Cloud in 2024: Predictions With BMS, Leaseweb Canada, Laserfiche, Adaptive, Ryan, Mindera

The Fintech Times

“Key among these vulnerabilities is the challenge of managing identity credentials and encryption keys. The management plane of a cloud platform – offering an efficient interface for overseeing identities and infrastructure – is often the primary focus for threat actors due to its significance.

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