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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... [23 Apr 2009]
Chip and PIN for ID cards: Not such a sharp idea?
News According to Colin Whittaker, head of security for UK payments association Apacs, the inclusion of EMV tech on ID cards could ultimately see the cards offer a common standard for authenticating identity remotely using... [15 Apr 2009]
Brits lose £120m to foreign card fraud
News In the meantime, Apacs recommends consumers sign up to secure online payment services such as Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode, which currently have around 25 million users in the UK. According... [01 Oct 2008]
Online security services reach 25 million cards
News According to Apacs, online retailers who use Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode handle one-third of UK online shopping. According to payments organisation Apacs, the figure... [23 Sep 2008]
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]
Christmas spend online to hit £5bn
News There is also an Apacs website explaining how to sign up to security schemes such as Verified by Visa and Mastercard SecureCode. UK shoppers are forecast to spend more than £5bn online during December,... [30 Nov 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... [04 Sep 2007]
Online fraud up but card fraud down
News Total losses through card fraud fell by three per cent in 2006 - from £439.4m in 2005 to £428m - according to the UK payments industry body Apacs. An Apacs spokeswoman said this fall is mainly due to the... [15 Mar 2007]
Handheld credit card readers to cut fraud
News Apacs has developed the system, which uses a handheld card reader, from the global standard created by card companies MasterCard and Visa. A new payments system aimed at reducing 'card not present' fraud... [15 Feb 2007]
Plastic for the people - cash ditched for cards
News According to figures from banking industry body Apacs, consumers spent a record level of £26.4bn per month via plastic cards in the first half of 2006. A spokesman for Apacs told silicon.com: "It's just... [01 Aug 2006]
Plastic fantastic - the future of credit cards
News Industry body Apacs reports there are 31.6 million credit card holders in the UK today. But with contactless payment projects from the likes of MasterCard and Visa, and Transport for London - which uses... [04 Jul 2006]
Online child abuse - a decade on and the IWF reports progress
News He criticised those coming up with systems, albeit intended for other purposes, that allow anonymous surfing of the web but praised payments outfits MasterCard, Switch, Visa and even Apacs for their... [09 Mar 2006]
Is fraud frightening online shoppers this Christmas?
News Although the overall use of credit cards is due to drop this year, the Association of Payment and Clearing Systems (Apacs) said more people are using them online for the fraud protection service they offer. [06 Dec 2005]
Chip and PIN shifts fraud to online shops and banks
News Fraudsters snatched £58m using stolen credit cards online in the first half of this year, and plundered £14.5m from internet banking accounts, according to new figures from payments association Apacs. [08 Nov 2005]
Leader: Careful with that customer data
Leader Interestingly, last year the Association of Payments and Clearing Systems (Apacs) said phishing scams accounted for £12m in losses for banks - a figure which, based on Visa's announcement, appears suspiciously low. [07 Oct 2005]
