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RSS MasterCardEncryption for PCI Compliance
White Paper In December 2004, several credit card companies (American Express, Discover, Japan Credit Bureau, MasterCard and Visa)- members of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council-released the Payment Card Industry... [27 Jun 2009]
Contactless payments hamstrung by battle for hearts and minds
News According to Oliver Steeley, head of business strategy for MasterCard UK and Ireland, education is key in persuading retailers to adopt contactless payments. Part of this education, according to the... [24 Jun 2009]
Financial Enterprise Revamps Call Centers for Operational Efficiency
White Paper The financial services enterprise is a top ten issuer of MasterCard and Visa credit cards in the United States. The call centers were experiencing difficulty handling the approximate 1.3 million calls per month. [30 May 2009]
Compliance Solutions for the Payment Card Industry Date Security Standard (PCI DSS)
White Paper Decru DataFort storage security appliances provide turnkey encryption and access control enforcement to protect cardholder data, supporting compliance with Visa and MasterCard's Payment Card Industry Security Standards... [29 May 2009]
Inside HSBC's high-tech war on fraud
News While 80 per cent of HSBC-issued cards are now covered for such transactions, other types of transactions are monitored by a range of other systems - including offerings from ACI, Fair Isaac and MasterCard. [28 May 2009]
Boots dispenses contactless payments
News Customers at 15 Boots shops in London and six in Liverpool will be able to use MasterCard PayPass cards to make contactless payments from the second half of this year. UK health retailer Boots is to trial contactless... [13 May 2009]
Policy: Where It All Begins for PCI Compliance
White Paper Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express and JCB, enforces it via its compliance program and dictates the validation steps and documentation required to show compliance. PCI compliance can be intimidating because it... [01 May 2009]
Verified by Visa to get a facelift
News According to Apacs more than 25 million cardholders have signed up to use Verified by Visa or MasterCard's SecureCode payments services. Visa is to trial a new user interface for its secure online payment service,... [23 Apr 2009]
Chip and PIN for ID cards: Not such a sharp idea?
News It stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, the three payment groups that originally developed the standard. The government has proposed adding chip and PIN capabilities to ID cards but questions remain over whether such... [15 Apr 2009]
Demystifying the PCI Data Security Standard for Merchants
White Paper The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security practices set forth by American Express, Discover, Japan Central Bank, MasterCard, and VISA to protect cardholder data. It is an... [18 Mar 2009]
Demystifying the PCI Data Security Standard for Service Providers
White Paper The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security practices set forth by American Express, Discover, Japan Central Bank, MasterCard, and VISA to protect cardholder data. It is an... [18 Mar 2009]
Barclaycard, Orange share a mobile wallet
News The payment capabilities for the transactions will be provided by MasterCard. Mobile operator Orange UK and credit card company Barclaycard have announced a long-term strategic partnership to develop m-payments... [09 Mar 2009]
Is this the largest security breach ever?
News Heartland was alerted in the late autumn to suspicious activity surrounding processed card transactions by Visa and MasterCard and hired forensic auditors who uncovered malicious software that compromised data in the... [21 Jan 2009]
The Nation's Leading Processor of Prepaid Debit Cards Uses VeriSign for Its PCI Data Security Standard Assessment
White Paper NetSpend Corporation is an issuer and processor of prepaid MasterCard and Visa payment cards specifically catering to customers with limited or no access to banking services. NetSpend needed to substantiate its... [08 Nov 2008]
Scousers to go contactless on the buses
News Scousers are set to use contactless bankcards on a number of buses in Merseyside, following the announcement of a pilot of the technology by Stagecoach, MasterCard and The Royal Bank of Scotland. As part of the trial,... [21 Oct 2008]
