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Payment Network Requirements for PCI PTS POI Devices in Transit
Transit stakeholders often have questions about PCI PTS POI requirements for payment terminals, particularly contactless-only devices. This practical FAQ explains key concepts, clarifies industry requirements, and summarizes payment network guidance to help stakeholders better understand PCI PTS POI considerations in transit payment environments.
Navigating EV Charging Payment Acceptance
As EV adoption grows, payment acceptance at charging environments is becoming increasingly important. This new infographic explores practical considerations for EV charging payments, including transaction flows, payment integration models, interoperability, fraud considerations, and operational approaches across evolving charging ecosystems.
New Resource: AI-Driven Financial Scams
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the fraud landscape, enabling scams that are more convincing, scalable, and difficult to detect. This new educational resource explores emerging AI-driven financial scams, including deepfakes, AI-enhanced phishing, synthetic identities, and fake storefronts, while providing practical detection tips and mitigation strategies to help strengthen fraud awareness across the payments ecosystem.
Machine Learning & Fraud: A Practitioner Perspective
Machine learning is transforming fraud prevention—shifting from static rules to predictive intelligence. This podcast explores how organizations are applying ML in real time to detect threats, reduce false positives, and strengthen payment security.
Payments Resource Brief: EMV 3DS Mini-Series
Looking ahead to the future of secure payments? This final installment explores advanced EMV 3DS capabilities—including decoupled authentication, FIDO-based verification, and emerging use cases—helping stakeholders navigate evolving fraud risks, authentication strategies, and digital commerce innovation.
Petroleum AFD Certification Roadmap
This executive summary examines upcoming EMV and PCI PTS POI certification changes affecting outdoor automated fuel dispensers (AFDs). It provides an overview of industry impacts, certification dependencies, and implementation considerations, offering petroleum merchants context and insight to support informed planning and decision-making.
Updates from the Forum
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 1, 2026 – The U.S. Payments Forum today announced two new resources to help industry stakeholders better understand how AI is impacting the fraud ecosystem. This includes a new podcast episode, “Machine Learning and Fraud: A Practitioner Perspective,” and a complementary slide deck focused on AI-driven financial scams. “This pair of […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 20, 2026 – The U.S. Payments Forum is tapping into industry trends in its 2026 spring market snapshot. The report includes insights from top payment organizations gathered during the Forum’s Spring Member Meeting in Houston, Texas, co-located with the Secure Technology Alliance’s Identity & Payments Summit. This snapshot explores the growing […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 20, 2026 – The Secure Technology Alliance is celebrating the success of its 2026 Identity & Payments Summit in Houston, Texas. The Summit brought together hundreds of cross-industry decision-makers to spotlight innovation and explore how trust is being maintained as AI accelerates fraud, digital identity gains traction and the payments ecosystem […]
Speaker lineup features industry luminaries from Google, Airbnb, Giesecke+Devrient, Bank of America, HID, Verifone and many more REDWOOD CITY, Calif., February 2, 2025 – The Secure Technology Alliance today unveils the full agenda for the 2026 Identity & Payments Summit. The Summit is the premier event of its kind in North America, exploring how payments, […]
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