Encouraging Realities surrounding third party payer such as PayPal or Google Wallet.

The way we pay, and we purchase online or in-store, dramatically evolve, and people are more and more invaded by various third party payer such as PayPal, Apple Pay, Alipay or Google Wallet.

Beyond numerous retail breaches, people are more and more comfortable with these third party payment providers, that make the online shopping experience, easier.

When it comes to security, people believe that, ‘lock icon’ is a sign that their online transactions are kept secure.  Consumers more and more, check the URL to see if the page is using SSL.

Consumers believe that using a wired Internet connection instead of wireless will make online payments more secure. Consumers believe paying by credit card is the safest way to pay online. 

Based on this encouraging group of realities, we encourage you to remain vigilant, to review credit card statements carefully, because the security of a retail website is not immediately apparent.