EMV card fraud is on the increase

Following some high-profile data breaches in 2014, US payment card network participants began heavily endorsing Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chip cards as an important way to prevent damage from payment card breaches. However, criminals have taken advantage of...

Global economic growth set to increase

The global economy is expected to expand at a rate of 3% or slightly higher in 2015 after three years of global growth stuck in the 2,5% range, according to a forecast from Nariman Behravesh, chief economist for HIS. Solid and improving growth in the US and a slight...

Huge Group raises interim earnings

The Huge Group has announced that EPS and HEPS increased by 128,8% and 51,5% respectively for the six months ended 31 August. During the same period, net asset value has increased by 39.92 cents per share, from 238.63 cents per share to 278.55 cents per share, while...

Targeted attacks set to go wild

Targeted attacks are set to become rampant from more countries as hackers have found success targeting victims around the world. This is one of the findings from the Trend Micro Security Predictions for 2015 and Beyond: The Invisible becomes Visible report, which also...

Smartphone shipments stay on top

New smartphone releases and an increased emphasis on emerging markets drove global smartphone shipments above 300-million units for the second consecutive quarter. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile...