Exploring Attitude toward Virtual Bank Cards Using Nudge Theory and Experimental Analysis

Official nudge toward patient-centric oncology practices.

O ncology is ever more patient-centric, and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) is setting standards to that end. The organization, which has been accrediting oncology clinics since 1933, has expanded its focus beyond oncology and treatment standards to include several complementary supportive-care programs designed to enhance a patient's cancer experience. These new sta...

How to improve consumer attitudes toward using credit cards online: An experimental study

Most companies involved in e-commerce use trust-promoting messages to persuade consumers that the websites they visit are safe. Although these messages are common, many consumers still hesitate to use a credit card online. To understand why, we applied social judgment theory and Cialdini’s model of persuasion in an experiment exploring the extent to which trust-promoting messages can be used to...

Modifying attitude and intention toward regular physical activity using protection motivation theory: a randomized controlled trial.

We were guided by the Protection Motivation Theory to test the motivational interviewing effects on attitude and intention of obese and overweight women to do regular physical activity. In a randomized controlled trial, we selected using convenience sampling 60 overweight and obese women attending health centres. The women were allocated to 2 groups of 30 receiving a standard weight-control pro...

From mechanism to virtue: evaluating Nudge-theory

Security Issues with Contactless Bank Cards

Contactless bank cards have been issued steadily to banking customers over the past four years and this trend has continued to grow rapidly more recently. We want to highlight a list of security issues as well as privacy threats to be concerned with when using such contactless bank cards. Further advances in smartphone technology applications can lead to new threats in relation to contactless b...