Timur Yunusov, Author at New Money Review

Author: Timur Yunusov

Adding crypto to payment cards is playing with fire

January 9, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Payment cards linked to cryptocurrencies are booming. But adding a volatile, fraud-ridden new technology (crypto) to a rickety old one (card payment networks) risks all kinds of new problems. By […]

Buy now pay less or…not at all

September 28, 2022 Comments are Disabled

How criminals can profit from shared liability BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) is a type of short-term financing allowing consumers to make purchases and pay at a later date (often […]

No Photoshop required

August 15, 2022 Comments are Disabled

How to create a debit card using stolen ID details Tim Yunusov, our intrepid hacking correspondent, shows how easy it is to circumvent technology firms’ ID checks–and to spend money […]

Fake IDs blow hole in Russia sanctions

March 8, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Amidst the escalating war in Ukraine, Western countries are seeking to step up sanctions against Russia-linked entities. But sanctions can only be enforced if the dividing line between permitted and […]

Crypto payment cards may be unsafe—but not in the way you think

August 9, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Payment cards linked to cryptocurrencies are booming. But they combine a new technology (crypto) and an old one (card payment networks). In this guest post, payments security researcher Timur Yunusov […]