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RSS chip-and-pinHas Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News The bank chose PINsentry because of its similarity to chip and PIN, rolled out in 2006 across UK retailers. Barclays began distributing the authentication devices in the second half of last year, initially sending out 500,000 units, becoming the... [18 Jul 2008]
Dunelm Mill signs Epos maintenance deal
News The tills' chip and PIN systems have also been replaced recently. Value home furnishings retailer Dunelm Mill has signed an electronic point of sale maintenance contract to support its store portfolio expansion and drive sales. [16 Jul 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News It also warns of bank accounts being taken over by fraudsters tricking call centre workers, a 37 per cent rise in the cost of phone, internet and mail order fraud and the threat from chip and PIN devices being modified to capture card details. [06 Jun 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]
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. [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 [12 Mar 2008]
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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. [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]
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... [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... [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? [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... [19 Nov 2007]
Serial Technology Delivers 100+ Gbps of Inter-Chip Bandwidth for Next-Generation Networking Equipment
White Paper 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. [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... [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. [03 Oct 2007]
