IDG Contributor Network: Heads up, processors: Feds declare consumers’ right to access their money

When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) hit Mastercard and UniRush with a $13 million bill…

IDG Contributor Network: Could web rental efficiency gut DIY chains?

Of the many startups that materialize on the U.S. business landscape every year, most enter an…

IDG Contributor Network: Amazon enjoys a very happy holiday season

Although retailers know only too well how incredibly massive a rival Amazon has become — it's…

IDG Contributor Network: What is behind far too many security leaks? Laziness

When the PCI Security Council last month rolled out new, and quite useful, scoping/segmentation guidelines for retailers,…

Bots may send your liability risk soaring

Artificial intelligence bots are all the rage these days, as companies try to figure out the…

IDG Contributor Network: KFC’s facial-recognition trial is a disaster in the making

Retail technology trials are supposed to take risks. It's a time not just to find out…

A potentially fatal blow against patent trolls

For years, patent trolls have been the best evidence that pure evil exists. And like most evil…

IDG Contributor Network: Making gas stations safe for fraudsters again

Security is the ultimate point/counterpoint effort. But instead of a one-for-one ratio — instead of a…