debit cards chip and pin
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]
Would you credit it? The debit card turns 20
News Cunnington said the recent introduction of chip and PIN payments was another big change for debit card transactions. And 20 years later, around 68 million debit cards are in circulation in the UK. The next stage in the debit card's development is... [01 Jun 2007]
Chip and PIN slaps face-to-face fraud
News Incidents of face-to-face credit and debit card fraud have tumbled by 67 per cent since the introduction of the chip and PIN standard 24 months ago. According to Apacs cards and fraud control manager of operations, Martin Lewis, and head of cards... [02 May 2007]
Retailers fear contactless payments
News The idea is that newly issued debit and credit cards will be fitted with a second chip that will give the cards the ability to be read in retailers' stores using NFC (near field communications) technology. [24 Apr 2007]
Oyster and e-money credit cards coming to London
News The bank will do a live trial early next year with a view to rolling out the 'wave and pay' credit and debit cards across the capital from 2007. Barclays customers will soon be able to use their cards in the normal chip and PIN manner; as an Oyster... [13 Dec 2006]
Chip and PIN rollout '95 per cent complete'
News Valentine's Day this year marked the day when retailers who accept payment by credit and debit card with a signature rather than a PIN number became liable for any loss if the transaction proves to be fraudulent. [27 Nov 2006]
Home chip and PIN readers 'make shoppers feel secure'
News Personal chip and PIN readers would make the majority of consumers feel more comfortable about buying over the phone using their credit and debit cards. According to a 1,000-person survey, 55 per cent of the credit and debit cardholders in the UK... [15 Nov 2006]
Plastic for the people - cash ditched for cards
News Further reading. Cheat Sheet: Chip and PIN Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments RFID credit card 'not a skimming risk' Visa to trial 'tap and go' debit cards in London We're all using debit cards more than credit cards... [01 Aug 2006]
Co-op doubles fingerprint payment supermarkets
News Registered shoppers have their fingerprint linked with credit card or debit card information and verify payment by pressing their digit against a reader. According to the Co-op, using Pay by Touch is 20 per cent quicker than using chip and PIN. [24 Jul 2006]
Plastic fantastic - the future of credit cards
News In Japan all new handsets come with a built-in chip designed to hold your bank debit details, and the facility has proved wildly popular as a means of paying for the country's transport system. And with chip and PIN and the UK's recent launch of... [04 Jul 2006]
RBS trials contactless RFID-style debit cards
News The bank said 1,000 staff have so far applied for one of the specially adapted Maestro chip and PIN debit cards. An aerial in the card transmits the data to a reader at the retail store and RBS staff taking part in the pilot project will only have... [15 Jun 2006]
Paying by iris and fingerprint - the next chip and PIN?
News Existing forms of payment - such as credit and debit cards - are under constant attack from hackers and fraudsters so banks and retailers are on the lookout for more secure technologies. The scanner allows consumers to link their fingerprint to... [14 Mar 2006]
Government ID fraud claims - are they all they seem?
News The number equates to the simple theft of a credit or debit card as well as genuine ID fraud. APACS spokesman Mark Bowerman told silicon.com that ID fraud actually cost the payments industry just £36.9m in 2004 and that for the first six months of... [02 Feb 2006]
Buy a burger with your mobile - the future of payments
News The US arm of international bank HSBC is also giving one million contactless debit cards to customers before the end of the year. Very important high level payments will still be done over direct debit. [11 Oct 2005]
Chip and PIN credited for £36m drop in card fraud
News Apacs is launching a four-month 'I love PIN' campaign to encourage cardholders to find out, memorise and use their PINs for all their debit and credit cards. Fraud on counterfeit and lost and stolen plastic debit and credit cards is down by almost... [10 Oct 2005]
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