ARTICLES AND AWARDS


Credit Card Issuers Need a New Approach to On-line Security

Saturday, July 21, 2001

By Jamie Punishill, Analyst, Forrester
"Savvy fast movers will piggyback on the success of American Express' Blue card and market PrivaSys-enabled cards as the next cool thing to own."  More


Card Design Innovations

Sunday, July 01, 2001

By David Robertson, President , Nilson Report "Issuers of PrivaSys cards can let their cardholders generate one-time-only pseudo-account numbers (PAN) for use at the point of sale as well as at Internet Web sites." More


It's in the Card

Thursday, February 22, 2001

By Rafe Needleman, Red Herring magazine
Just what is the big deal with the American Express Blue card? Sure, it's got a chip on it, like European phone cards, but the chip is basically just a fancy magnetic stripe; it holds data, but it doesn't have power or intelligence. Nonetheless, the Blue card has been a phenomenal success for AmEx, proving, if nothing else, the genius of the company's marketing and advertising departments. But it's still just a hunk of plastic.  More


Paying by Virtual Numbers

Friday, December 15, 2000

By Nick Sawyer and Brendan Murray, Lafferty, Electronic Payment International
Virtual card solutions are the flavour of the month in North America as a growing number of major issuers adopt pseudo numbers to appease consumer fears in the run-up to Christmas. More


Afterthoughts: From Dot-Com To Dot-Bomb

Friday, December 01, 2000

By Gerri Detweiler, Credit Card Mangement
Last year, privacy concerns cost Web companies an estimated $28.8 million in lost sales. A recent study by the University of California at Los Angeles Center for Communication Policy found that concern over privacy is the main reason users aren't shopping online.  More


New Approach to One-Time-Use Numbers

Monday, November 13, 2000

By David Breitkof, American Banker
As momentum has gathered behind "disposable" credit card numbers — account numbers that are used for a single transaction, then retired so that fraudsters cannot reuse them — a company called Privasys has stepped forward to present its unusual approach to this type of product. More