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Card acceptance and PCI compliance: flexibility, control, and data ownership
Daniela Ceobanu 25 May 2026 / 5 Min Read Most teams approach card acceptance solely through the lens of compliance. What they often don't realise is that these architectural decisions have consequences far beyond compliance: PSP lock-in, orchestration limitations, and no ownership of card data. Whether you're a merchant accepting payments directly or a service provider supporting card flows for others, the same six architectures are on the table.
Evervault Debuts Modular Payments Security Platform to Give Customers More Flexibility and Control
Today, Evervault, the pioneering data security company, launched into the payments space with an independent payments security platform. The modular platform gives fintechs, banks, and merchants total control over their payment stack, without sacrificing compliance or security. This enhanced flexibility empowers companies to accelerate their business growth, geographic expansion, and product development.
#HowTo: Eradicate Plaintext Data Breaches
Data breaches rose 68% in 2021, with large amounts of sensitive data being stored unencrypted. Overall, the amount of data collected and held about individuals is growing exponentially, and encryption is the best tool that we have to keep the data safe. In the fragmented cybersecurity landscape, larger organizations must deal with a myriad of vendors. The main focus for these organizations is stopping attackers from accessing internal networks.
Experts Reactions On Samsung Data Breach
It’s concerning for an organisation to have any data stolen by cybercriminals – but it will be the potential leak of confidential source code that’s keeping Samsung’s executives awake at night. The exposure of such highly confidential, strategic information could be devastating for Samsung and their security teams will be working to ascertain exactly what data was stolen – and whether there might be further leaks to come.
What Caused The Ransomware Attack On Toyota? Experts Insight
Even the largest organisations like Toyota can and are falling victim to cyberattacks - but what does this mean for businesses with smaller security budgets? Having complete transparency in the supply chain will allow for immediate detection and isolation of the infected area. The attack on Toyota’s parts supplier Kojima, and Toyota’s reliance on a ‘Just-in-time’ supply chain for its parts, forced 28 lines at 14 different plants to be suspended, detrimentally affecting the whole ..... Read More
Why Things MUST Change This Safer Internet Day, Experts Weigh In
“Our lives have been greatly advanced by the internet and our shared participation in the digital world. The pandemic accelerated digital first behaviours, forcing millions more to take to online for everything from practical shopping to personal chatting. For individuals, businesses, families and friends, the internet was our means of working, shopping, and communicating. However, COVID-19 gave rise to a new digital pandemic, with cyber criminals taking advantage of the pandemic’s .....
How we built the Evervault Encryption Engine (E3)
Evervault is on a mission to encrypt the web. We’re building encryption infrastructure for developers. At the core of this infrastructure is E3, the Evervault Encryption Engine. E3 is a simple encryption service for performing cryptographic operations with low latency, high scalability and extreme reliability. E3 is where all cryptographic operations for Evervault services — including Relay and, soon, Cages — happen.
evervault raises $3.2M seed led by Sequoia to make data privacy simple
Today, evervault is proud to announce our $3.2 million seed investment round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Frontline and SV Angel. I’m thrilled to have some of the best investors in the world on board and am confident that this will accelerate us on our mission to make data privacy simple and accessible for all.
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