Mobile Payment Security Q&A With Jack Bicer, CEO, SEKUR.me

Q: In light of the recent credit card security breaches at Target and other retailers, what are the key areas VARs and systems integrators need to address to protect their retail customers from similar catastrophes?

A: Each stolen credit card number sells for about $5 on the black market. If you store millions of credit cards in the cloud (or even on your servers), you are creating a huge incentive for people to break in and steal the information. In some parts of the world, $5 million or $10 million can go a long, long way. Plus, the odds of getting caught and serving jail time is low, especially if you live in another country. Hacking software can be purchased for a few thousand dollars. The opportunity, combined with a low barrier of entry and low risk of getting caught creates an incentive for unscrupulous people and perpetuates organized crime.

Q: What’s kept mobile payment from going mainstream?

A: Lack of good user experience, fragmentation (many solutions on the retail payments), and security concerns. People also need to get used to a new process, paying with phone instead of a credit card. However, in places where there is strong payment friction and pain, like ecommerce shopping cart checkout process, consumers are welcoming easy to use systems that are also secure.

Q: What new innovations/solutions exist today that have the potential to overcome mobile payment adoption obstacles?

A: Google recently mentioned that shopping cart abandonment on mobile devices is now an outrageous 97 percent. SEKUR.me is the only product in the United States that can do 1-click payments for mobile web sites, without having to login first. It is the antidote for mobile shopping cart abandonment.

To see how this works, check out the following two short videos: 1. Secure Website Login & Mobile Payments 2. Android 1 Click

SEKUR.me provides disruptive login and payment solutions with the best user experience. The company's solutions result in increased revenue and reduced support costs for merchants and websites, while providing consumers with a more secure and convenient login and payment process. Freedom from lost and forgotten passwords and significantly reduced payment friction during the checkout process. Be secure. Lose your wallet.