2014/07/16

My Way News - Visa launches new service to pay online
My Way News reports: "As more customers shop on smaller screens like smartphones and tablets, the hassle of entering in credit card numbers and billing addresses is becoming a sticking point and payment processors have been working to find ways to simplify the process. Beginning Wednesday, users can sign up with Visa credit and debit cards, as well as other branded cards, and enter their card information just once. Then they will be able pay for things via Visa by only entering their username and password at participating sites. The service is currently being offered in the U.S., Canada and Australia, Visa Checkout joins similar services like eBay's PayPal, MasterCard's MasterPass, Amazon's one-click checkout and others."

2014/07/02

My Way News - Privacy board: NSA's Internet monitoring is legal
My Way News reports: "The National Security Agency programs that collect huge volumes of Internet data within the United States pass constitutional muster and employ 'reasonable' safeguards designed to protect the rights of Americans, an independent privacy and civil liberties board has found."