chip-and-pin terminals
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News Criminal gangs are hacking chip and PIN terminals to steal customer card transaction and PIN details. When police raided the premises they found stolen chip and PIN terminals, card account numbers, a card reader/writer, computer software and fake... [14 Aug 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Barclays began distributing the authentication devices in the second half of last year, initially sending out 500,000 units, becoming the first UK bank to distribute end-user chip and PIN terminals. The bank chose PINsentry because of its... [18 Jul 2008]
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... [07 May 2008]
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Comment Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked Pin hackers Data watchers Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC And will these people be accountable next time things go horribly wrong? Malcolm Niven, Bristol [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... [27 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. One of the 96 self-check-in kiosks, also seen at other BA airport terminals. [13 Feb 2008]
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. More than 900,000 UK shop terminals (98 per cent of all tills) have now been... [06 Sep 2007]
RBS dishes out chip and PIN readers
News Because this is a staged rollout, there are no exact plans as to when and how many chip and PIN terminals will be handed out, said the spokeswoman. RBS is hot on the heels of Barclays which is in the process of sending out half a million chip and... [03 May 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 and PIN cards in operation, supported by 900,000 sales terminals and more than 61,000 ATMs. [02 May 2007]
Barclays doles out 500,000 chip and PIN devices
News Barclays is sending out chip and PIN terminals to more than half a million of its online banking customers. Barclays is the first organisation in the UK to roll out chip and PIN terminals to its customers and already offers an SMS text-alert... [18 Apr 2007]
Chip and PIN rollout '95 per cent complete'
News There are around 900,000 face-to-face point-of-sale terminals across the UK and 860,000 - 95 per cent - have been upgraded to chip and PIN, according to payment industry body Apacs. Many of the point-of-sale terminals still to be upgraded belong to... [27 Nov 2006]
Tesco hits back in chip and PIN row
News These terminals are not chip and PIN enabled and do not require a signature below a certain payment amount. The retail giant said chip and PIN technology was not fully established when it first installed its self-service terminals more than two... [06 Oct 2006]
Is chip and PIN really a success?
News Because that day six months ago was also the deadline for the introduction of chip and PIN terminals in retailers across the country. Banks are today claiming that the chip and PIN story has been a success. [15 Aug 2006]
Leader: Should we now doubt chip and PIN?
Leader This week we've heard that chip and PIN payments at Shell petrol stations across the UK have been stopped. Cue doom and gloom from the doubters who've said all along that chip and PIN was always going to prove problematic. [09 May 2006]
Shell's £1m chip and PIN fraud 'an inside job'
News Shell said the company is working with the manufacturers of the chip and PIN terminals but does not know when its petrol stations will be able to start taking chip and PIN payments again. A £1m chip and PIN fraud at a Shell petrol station was "an... [08 May 2006]
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