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RSS credit cardsAttaining PCI Compliance Using The PGP Encryption Platform
White Paper This white paper is intended for any organization that accepts credit cards and processes credit card data, which could include but is not limited to: merchants, merchant banks, issuing... [13 Nov 2009]
How Online Criminals Make Themselves Tough to Find, Near Impossible to Nab
White Paper Sometime last year, it noticed a clutch of fraudulent purchases on cards that all traced back to the same aquarium. A clear illustration of the fact comes from the field investigations manager for a major... [13 Nov 2009]
PCI Compliance at the Source
White Paper Software security breaches add up in recent headlines: $13 million in losses.million credit cards stolen. Recovery costs at $256 million dollars and mounting. Companies driven into bankruptcy or out of... [12 Nov 2009]
What Is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)?
White Paper Those asking questions often implied the "Right" answer.for example a question one has heard several times is: "One doesn't store credit cards does one? The processor typically sends out one or more... [11 Nov 2009]
Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
News According to Gartner, spending growth will return next year with a bump in IT budgets of 2.3 per cent year-on-year with "sustained, positive growth" on the cards for 2011. Photo credit: BullionVault via... [04 Nov 2009]
Parking in the West End goes contactless
News From next year, parking meters in the West End will accept contactless payments from motorists with wave and pay functionality built into their debit or credit cards. Drivers with contactless bank... [29 Oct 2009]
Get the facts about credit card security and PCI compliance
White Paper No matter what size your business is or what industry you work in, if you accept credit cards, you must adhere to the safeguards mandated by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard—referred to... [21 Oct 2009]
ID cards: 10,000 Brits want to sign up
News The first ID cards were issued to foreign nationals living in the UK from last November. The cards will be rolled out to the rest of the UK on a voluntary basis from 2011/12. Photo... [19 Oct 2009]
Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
News Those who are duped into handing over their details risk having their bank accounts drained and credit cards maxed-out. The scam emails tell the recipient they are due to receive a tax refund and then... [16 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News Card fraud losses totalled £232.8m in the first half of 2009, translating to around a tenth of a penny being lost to fraud for every £1 spent on cards. Fraud on lost and stolen cards is also down by six... [07 Oct 2009]
Follett Protects Customer Data and Complies With PCI DSS With Thales
White Paper Since it began operating stores and taking credit cards, FHEG has taken protecting its customers' privacy seriously. The Follett Higher Education Group (FHEG) sells more than 20 million textbooks... [19 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's ID cards scheme. Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the watchdog role from next month, where he will be responsible for independently... [14 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News Gonzalez and his alleged co-conspirators sold the numbers to others and encoded the data onto magnetic stripes of blank cards and used the new cards to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars at a time... [14 Sep 2009]
Chip and PIN and the PCI Data Security Standard
White Paper Chip and PIN is a British government-backed initiative to implement the Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) standard for credit cards with a built-in Integrated Circuit (IC), also known as IC... [02 Sep 2009]
All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
News Commuters all across England could soon be using mobile phones, bank cards and Oyster-style smart ticketing on their journey home via public transport. Among the NFC options being examined by the government are NFC bank... [20 Aug 2009]
