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News The campaign has received backing from the Metropolitan Police, the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), politicians, businesses, UK payment industry body Apacs and other corporate IT security heads. [12 Mar 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign
News The campaign has received backing from the Metropolitan Police, Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, a former White House cyber security adviser, blue chip FTSE 100 companies, the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), UK payment... [12 Mar 2008]
Card fraud up by a quarter to £535m
News Card fraud rose by 25 per cent in 2007, according to the latest figures from payment clearing industry body Apacs. Apacs said £535.2m was lost to card fraud overall last year, due mainly to stolen UK... [12 Mar 2008]
Recession fears squeeze tech budgets
News Sue Yoe, director of technology, information and facilities for UK payment industry body Apacs, said: "We are keeping in mind the potential need to reprioritise projects and maintaining a flexible budget which can be... [24 Jan 2008]
Locking down financial security
Comment While overall card fraud is falling, instances of online fraud are rocketing, according to UK payment association Apacs. One might reasonably expect the finance services sector to be well in credit when it comes to... [24 Dec 2007]
Top 10 financial services stories of the year
News Apacs estimates five million contactless payment cards to be in circulation by the end of next year. While fraud on UK issued cash cards rose by 26 per cent in the first six months of 2007, Apacs... [17 Dec 2007]
Customer service warning for Xmas retailers
News A recent prediction from Apacs puts this year's Christmas spend in the UK at £5.6bn across December, an increase of 56 per cent on last year.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Retailers have been warned the increase in online... [03 Dec 2007]
Christmas spend online to hit £5bn
News UK shoppers are forecast to spend more than £5bn online during December, according to UK payments association Apacs. There is also an Apacs website explaining how to sign up to security schemes such as... [30 Nov 2007]
HMRC data breach prompts password and PIN changes
News But the UK payments association, Apacs, is encouraged as 62 per cent of those surveyed have checked their bank statements for any unusual transactions. Sandra Quinn, Apacs director of communications,... [29 Nov 2007]
Online banking fraud plummets
News Online banking fraud has fallen by 67 per cent during the first six months of 2007 compared to the same period last year, according to UK payments association Apacs. Apacs said the introduction of chip... [04 Oct 2007]
Chip and PIN security warning for retailers
News The UK payments association Apacs has produced the Transactions with your chip and PIN terminal guidelines to highlight how card-accepting businesses can more effectively protect themselves and their customers. [06 Sep 2007]
'Tap and go' plastic arrives in London
News Payments industry body Apacs estimates more than five million contactless cards will be issued by the end of 2008 in the UK and that they will be accepted by at least 100,000 retailers. MasterCard has launched its... [04 Sep 2007]
Faster bank transfers delayed to next year
News A spokesman from payment trade association Apacs, which is overseeing the project, told silicon.com: "The priority really for the industry was to agree the earliest day we could launch a reliable service.silicon.com... [15 Aug 2007]
Faster payments plan slows down
News A spokesman for UK payment trade association, Apacs - which is involved in the project - told silicon.com: "It's not common sense to launch it if we don't have 100 per cent confidence in the reliability of it. [13 Jul 2007]
March away from cheques continues apace
News Cheques account for just under a tenth of non-cash payments in the UK, according to Apacs. Transport for London (TfL) has joined an increasingly long list of UK organisations no longer accepting cheques as a form of... [22 Jun 2007]
