apacs chip and pin
Chip and PIN for ID cards: Not such a sharp idea?
News Apacs' Whittaker added there have been no indications from discussions with the IPS or from ID cards legislation that the inclusion of chip and PIN technology is being... [15 Apr 2009]
Barclays cards make contact with RFID tech
News Apacs, a UK trade association for the payments industry, said that it was familiar with the report by the Cambridge researchers. Cambridge University researchers have said they have serious security concerns about... [03 Mar 2009]
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... [01 Oct 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. He added: "It would be... [08 Sep 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News BRC members have been working closely with the police and Apacs to further their investigations and minimise any impact on customers. This type of fraud increased by 77 per cent last... [14 Aug 2008]
Card fraud up by a quarter to £535m
News Apacs said £535.2m was lost to card fraud overall last year, due mainly to stolen UK card details used in countries yet to upgrade to chip and PIN - a 77 per cent rise... [12 Mar 2008]
Locking down financial security
Comment While overall card fraud is falling, instances of online fraud are rocketing, according to UK payment association Apacs. This year, banks including Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland group gave... [24 Dec 2007]
Online banking fraud plummets
News Apacs said the introduction of chip and PIN has made it harder for criminals to commit card fraud in the UK, forcing them to go abroad where the tech is not in place.... [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... [06 Sep 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Chip and PIN
Cheat Sheet Since Chip and PIN was launched Apacs, the UK payment industry body, says it has had a significant impact in reducing fraud. Apacs also points out that... [13 Jun 2007]
Would you credit it? The debit card turns 20
News According to figures from industry group Apacs, 143 purchases are made with them every second, accounting for 6.8 billion transactions per year. Cunnington said the recent introduction of chip... [01 Jun 2007]
Chip and PIN slaps face-to-face fraud
News According to Apacs cards and fraud control manager of operations, Martin Lewis, and head of cards technical unit David Baker, there are now 133 million chip... [01 May 2007]
Online fraud up but card fraud down
News An Apacs spokeswoman said this fall is mainly due to the introduction of chip and PIN payment tech in the UK. Total losses through card fraud fell by three per cent in... [15 Mar 2007]
Chip and PIN on 98 per cent of UK tills
News More than 185 chip and PIN transactions take place every second, compared with 125 per second a year ago, according to payment body Apacs (Association for Payment... [15 Feb 2007]
Chip and PIN takes off with BA
News BA is the first UK airline to achieve 'end to end' chip and PIN accreditation with the banks - which means every part of the payment process from the point at which the card is put into... [05 Feb 2007]
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