# BuySecure Initiative **Domain:** Payment security / United States policy **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition The **BuySecure Initiative** was announced by President Barack Obama in October 2014 to strengthen payment security through chip-and-PIN adoption, identity-protection measures, and updated federal payment practices. ## Significance It is the correct administrative anchor for the later federal-facing payment-tokenization chronology. It should not be backdated to Vivek Kundra's March 2009 appointment or treated as evidence that the early Obama cyber review was a Bitcoin program. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Executive Order 13681, improving consumer financial transaction security](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/10/17/executive-order-improving-security-consumer-financial-transactions) ## Routes [[wiki/Payment Tokenization|Payment Tokenization]] · [[wiki/Federal CIO|Federal CIO]] · [[wiki/Identity|Cryptographic Identity]] · [[wiki/Cryptoeconomic Settlement|Cryptoeconomic Settlement]]