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Re:Viewing 2006: The year in retail and leisure
News The retail and leisure space was rife with new technologies in 2006 - not to mention a supermarket becoming Microsoft's new software rival. Trials of fingerprint payments kicked off in Oxford's Co-op stores in March and the supermarket subsequently... [18 Dec 2006]
Tesco hits back in chip and PIN row
News Concerns that Tesco's self-service checkouts and petrol pumps represent an opportunity for card fraudsters have been dismissed by the supermarket giant. These terminals are not chip and PIN enabled and do not require a signature below a certain... [06 Oct 2006]
Co-op doubles fingerprint payment supermarkets
News Three more Co-ops are to be kitted out with equipment that will allow shoppers to pay using their index fingerprint after the supermarket chain decided to extend a trial of Pay by Touch technology. According to the Co-op, using Pay by Touch is 20... [24 Jul 2006]
Leader: Should we now doubt chip and PIN?
Leader Whether it's call centre staff taking card numbers, a checkout worker in the supermarket, a waiter in a restaurant, a receptionist in a hotel or a worker in a Shell garage. This week we've heard that chip and PIN payments at Shell petrol stations... [09 May 2006]
Oxford Co-ops test fingerprint payments
News One supermarket said the technology had made it into the stores because of customer demand - and one man had even driven 400 miles to use the biometric payment system. Three Oxford branches of the Co-op will be asking their customers to give them... [08 Mar 2006]
Chip and PIN CCTV security fears dismissed
News A spokesman for supermarket chain Tesco said: "Generally the customer will be standing in front of the PIN terminal so we don't see that it poses a risk. Leading UK retailers have dismissed the threat that CCTV cameras pose to the security of the... [18 Mar 2005]
Homebase goes nationwide with chip and PIN
News Supermarket chain Safeway was the first retailer to go with chip and PIN, which aims to cut the UK's £425m annual plastic card fraud bill by up to 70 per cent. Homebase was one of the stores that took part in the Northampton 'chip and PIN' trials... [06 Nov 2003]
£1.1bn fraud-busting bank card scheme goes nationwide
News Supermarket group Safeway is one of the first retailers to commit to early use across its stores nationwide and its store at St Katharine's Dock near Tower Bridge in London is the first outside of Northampton to be equipped. [02 Oct 2003]
Consumers happy with chips
News Supermarket chain Safeway is also to introduce the chip and PIN technology throughout its UK stores following the success of its Northampton outlets involved in the trial. Chip and PIN technology for credit cards that will replace the signing of... [28 Jul 2003]
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