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RSS APACSWeb shopping slowdown continues as recession bites
News The e-Retail Index tallies with expectations at UK payments association Apacs, which predicts Christmas spending will grow by 15 per cent year-on-year. Growth in online shopping spend appears to have slowed to a trickle... [22 Oct 2008]
Brits lose £120m to foreign card fraud
News According to payments industry body Apacs, the amount UK retailers lose to card fraud has dropped by around a third since the chip and PIN was adopted in 2005, now standing at £47.4m for the period between January and... [01 Oct 2008]
Online security services reach 25 million cards
News According to payments organisation Apacs, the figure represents a year-on-year increase of 600 per cent on 2006 and 150 per cent in the last 12 months. According to Apacs, online retailers who use... [23 Sep 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Faster Payments Services
Cheat Sheet Under the new system, which is overseen by UK payments association Apacs and operated by payment processor VocaLink and Chaps Clearing Company, payments can appear in the recipient's bank account up to two hours after... [22 Sep 2008]
Barclays contactless: More cards, more retailers
News According to payments industry association APACS, over five million contactless cards are expected to be issued by the end of 2008, with other 100,000 merchant locations available to accept them. Barclays is preparing to... [08 Sep 2008]
Cash still king as Brits leave cards at home
News CPP pointed out, however, that tourists' concerns might be misplaced, citing Apacs data showing actual fraud abroad accounts for only 39 per cent of UK card theft and fraud. The majority of Brits prefer cash over cards... [26 Aug 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News This type of fraud increased by 77 per cent last year to £207.6m, according to figures from UK payment industry body Apacs. BRC members have been working closely with the police and Apacs to further... [14 Aug 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News But a spokeswoman for the UK payments industry body Apacs said the committee had no figures to back up assertions banks were not passing online frauds to the police. Banks are failing to pass on information about online... [08 Jul 2008]
PC security warning for banking online
News Apacs said, as with card fraud, banks still assess online banking fraud on a case by case basis. A spokeswoman for UK payment association, Apacs, told silicon.com: "It's advice. The online banking... [16 Jun 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News The campaign has received backing from the Metropolitan Police, Conservative Party, a former White House cyber security adviser, blue chip FTSE100 companies, the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), UK payment industry body... [05 Jun 2008]
Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic
News Cheque payments continue to decline in the UK as card transactions increase, according to UK payments association Apacs. Apacs director of communications, Sandra Quinn, said as retailers stop accepting... [12 May 2008]
National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year
News Recently the UK's payment association Apacs launched the Payment Industry and Police Fraud Intelligence Unit to collate reports of fraud. A national centre to co-ordinate strategy for combating fraud in England and Wales... [28 Apr 2008]
UK phishing attacks shoot up 200 per cent
News Phishing email attacks on the UK have gone up by 200 per cent this year, the UK payments association Apacs has warned. Apacs said consumers must be vigilant after the number of reported incidents shot up... [16 Apr 2008]
Apacs IT chief steps down
News Apacs IT chief Sue Yoe has left the organisation following a management restructure at the payment industry body. According to an Apacs spokesman, Yoe decided to take voluntary redundancy as a result of... [28 Mar 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News Her warning came as payment clearing industry body Apacs released figures showing that £532.2m was lost to card fraud in 2007 - a 25 per cent rise since 2006. The head of e-crime for the Serious Organised Crime Agency... [19 Mar 2008]
