Visa
RSS VisaParking in the West End goes contactless
News Card issuers MasterCard and Visa already offer cards with wave and pay functionality included, while Barclays, an enthusiastic proponent of the tech, estimates all of its debit cards will be contactless by 2011. [29 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News But Financial Fraud Action UK's head of fraud control Katy Worobec said in a statement: "Whilst industry online security initiatives such as Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode may be making their presence felt,... [07 Oct 2009]
PCI Security Compliance: The Facts - What PCI Security Means for Your Business
White Paper The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was jointly developed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, Master Card Worldwide and Visa Inc. The PCI DSS is now actively... [05 Oct 2009]
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Primer Version 1.1: Applying PCI to Wireless LANS and Compliance Requirements
White Paper In an effort to curb the sharp rise and strikingly large impact of credit card theft, the top five payment card brands - American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International -... [02 Oct 2009]
Polish Police Force: Gaining Seamless Access to Data Throughout the EU
White Paper To meet EU free-travel Schengen Zone requirements, Poland needed an infrastructure that could provide police with mobile access to border crossing and visa systems, as well as government databases. For the Polish Police... [01 Oct 2009]
Croatian Banks Make Fraud Virtually Impossible by Securing Transactions and User Identities With Thales nCipher HSMs
White Paper Both use Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) to secure communication to the Visa and MasterCard environments and to digitally sign transactions. A member of the Asseco Group, which is Europe's fifth largest system... [19 Sep 2009]
Chip and PIN and the PCI Data Security Standard
White Paper Chip and PIN is a British government-backed initiative to implement the Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) standard for credit cards with a built-in Integrated Circuit (IC), also known as IC Cards or Chip and PIN. [02 Sep 2009]
Biometrics system for foreign students raises MPs' eyebrows
News A parliamentary committee has echoed universities' concerns over the robustness of the biometrics system that will be used for visa applications by students. The Home Affairs Committee looked at the role of the National... [05 Aug 2009]
Risk, Readiness and Redundancy: PCI Compliance Automation With Symantec Control Compliance Suite
White Paper In June 2001, Visa mandated the Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) for merchants and financial institutions handling its card transactions. Also in 2004, MasterCard, Visa, American Express,... [05 Aug 2009]
Credit card that helps out Linux? That'll do nicely
News UK open-sourcers may be disappointed however: the card - a Visa Platinum - will initially only be available in the US although it's expected to hit new countries in the next few months. For open source devotees, there's... [28 Jul 2009]
O2, NatWest cash in with prepay Visa cards
News If the credit crunch has killed the credit card O2, reckons it has the answer: the mobile operator has announced a move into financial services with the launch of two pre-payment Visa cards in partnership with NatWest. [16 Jul 2009]
PCI Compliance for Small Business: Using Router-Based Security to Protect Cardholder Data
White Paper The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) was developed from an earlier regulatory program from VISA called the Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP). Any organization that accepts, processes,... [14 Jul 2009]
PCI Compliance Whitepaper
White Paper The Payment Card Industry (PCI) is a coalition of credit card companies including American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. The PCI has created a Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) which details the security... [14 Jul 2009]
Understanding Payment Application Data Security Standards: A White Paper for Executives Making Decisions on Compliance
White Paper PA-DSS (Payment Application Data Security Standard) is the PCI Security Standards Council-managed program formerly under the supervision of the Visa Inc.program known as the Payment Application Best Practices (PABP). [14 Jul 2009]
PCI DSS Success: Achieving Compliance and Increasing Web Application Availability - Protecting Web Applications and Cardholder Information
White Paper Introduced in 2004 - but with roots dating back to 2001 as part of the Visa Cardholder Information Security Program - the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) can hardly be described as new. [14 Jul 2009]
