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Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments

News The system - supplied by Fidelity National Information services, IBM, Smart Technology solutions and VeriFone - is an integrated mobile chip and PIN payments system that allows the company to channel all payments from its Beefeater, Brewers Fayre...

Tags: pos, chip and pin, pci

[07 May 2008]

White Stuff settles on secure EPOS network

News The network replaces in part the retailer's existing system provided by Prologic, which was originally brought in to handle Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) data, one of the components needed to receive Chip and PIN payments.

Tags: pci, eft, white stuff

[02 Apr 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 on the year before.silicon.com Retail & Leisure

Tags: chip and pin, fraud, apacs, card

[12 Mar 2008]

Dear silicon.com... data guardians, not so "killer" mobile apps, Vista on sale…

Comment Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked Pin hackers Screens are too small and surfing is too clumsy. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site.

Tags: mobile, data, vista, views

[06 Mar 2008]

'Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked

News Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card details from supposedly tamper-proof PIN terminals. Saar Drimer and Steven Murdoch, overseen by Professor Ross Anderson, managed to hack two widely used PIN...

Tags: chip and pin, cambridge university, connected, entry

[27 Feb 2008]

HSBC computer fault denies customers account access

News Shoppers across the UK trying to use their HSBC Maestro debit cards were unable to withdraw cash from ATMs or had their chip and PIN cards rejected by retailers. Problems began at 13:00(GMT) on Saturday 23 February and continued through the peak...

Tags: hsbc, atm, bank, fault

[25 Feb 2008]

Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5

Photo The bag drop points are equipped with these digital signature devices which can be used by passengers from countries where chip and PIN isn't currently the norm. Here is one of the towers that mark out the different sections of T5 and holds digital...

Tags: self, credit, check, terminal

[13 Feb 2008]

Locking down financial security

Comment This year, banks including Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland group gave customers their own chip-and-pin card readers to validate internet transactions. How many non-technical consumers are adept at managing PINs and passwords?

Tags: security, phishing, authentication, banking

[24 Dec 2007]

Fortnum & Mason replaces LAN

News Wi-fi also supports the chip and PIN pads used by staff in the restaurants at the store, which was founded in 1707 and is the oldest department store in London. The fixed and wireless data network, supplied by Alfred McAlpine - IT Services has been...

Tags: wifi, voip, retail, london

[19 Nov 2007]

Serial Technology Delivers 100+ Gbps of Inter-Chip Bandwidth for Next-Generation Networking Equipment

whitepaper It preserves the capabilities of SPI-4.2 with multiple logical channels and back-pressure information, while eliminating its bandwidth ceiling and drastically curtailing its associated pin-count cost.

Tags: tcp - ip

[16 Nov 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. But Apacs predicts this effect will lessen as more countries roll out chip and...

Tags: chip and pin, card fraud, online, fraud

[04 Oct 2007]

Government Gateway 2.0 looks to fatter future

News The company added that it is looking at using strong authentication, such as chip and PIN, for services that require a higher level of security - such as accessing sensitive information or for financial transactions.

Tags: e-services, atos origin, government gateway

[03 Oct 2007]

Photos: Cambridge innovation day abuzz with fresh tech

Photo When the GrIDsure system is launched in October this year, it could be used on computers, mobile phones, ATMs and to redesign the existing chip and PIN system, according to its inventors. Users create a pattern by choosing four squares on a grid...

Tags: university, chip and pin, innovation

[07 Sep 2007]

Chip and PIN security warning for retailers

News Retailers are being warned to beef up chip and PIN security to prevent fraudsters stealing card and PIN details by bugging terminals or 'shoulder-surfing' other customers. The UK payments association Apacs has produced the Transactions with your...

Tags: security, fraud, retailers, apacs

[06 Sep 2007]

Minority Report: A greener Apple

Comment Find out all about chip and PIN, Itil, wi-fi and more in our Cheat Sheets. From the original script for Jaws by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb In his missive Jobs defended Apple's position and said the company will be measured on its performance.

Tags: steve jobs, greenpeace, green it, apple

[23 Aug 2007]

Tech sparks rapid rise in electricity bills

News Find out all about chip and PIN, Itil, wi-fi and more in our Cheat Sheets. Rocketing IT-related electricity costs are causing concern among businesses as they eat an increasing proportion of facilities and tech budgets.

Tags: green, energy, electricity, cio jury

[15 Aug 2007]

Co-op Group polls customers at the till

News The system builds on an existing Epos upgrade which was driven by the migration to chip and PIN payment methods in 2006. At the time the majority of the retail sector was making the move to chip and PIN, it was often suggested that the new systems...

Tags: chip and pin, customer satisfaction, epos, co-op

[10 Aug 2007]

Steve Ranger's Notebook: Wary of wikis? Cynical about Second Life?

Steve Ranger's Notebook: Wary of wikis? Cynical about Second Life?

Comment Find out all about Chip and PIN, Itil, wi-fi and more in our Cheat Sheets. Tech is playing an ever larger role in our work and home lives. So be careful how you choose to limit access to wikis, blogs, social networking, virtual worlds and more...

Tags: facebook

[14 Jun 2007]

Malware writers target open source

News Find out all about Chip and PIN, Itil, wi-fi and more in our Cheat Sheets. The worm, named SB/Badbunny-A, affects OpenOffice users on Windows, Linux and Mac platforms. The impact on businesses and consumers has so far been minimal, thanks to coding...

Tags: malware, open source, openoffice

[14 Jun 2007]

EC wants TV spectrum for WiMax

News Find out all about Chip and PIN, Itil, wi-fi and more in our Cheat Sheets. UHF spectrum should be allocated to WiMax once Europe's analogue television signals are phased out, the European commissioner for information society and media has proposed.

Tags: television, wimax

[14 Jun 2007]

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