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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. One customer who had their card rejected said the bank's customer service department... [25 Feb 2008]
Credit card companies forge security alliance
News American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International announced on Thursday the creation of an organisation to develop and maintain security standards for credit and debit card payments. [08 Sep 2006]
Virgin Mobile launches Visa debit card
News Virgin said the card will be accepted anywhere Visa debit cards are accepted. In the UK, Visa is piloting contactless debit cards in London which will allow shoppers to pay for low-value goods by simply touching their card against an electronic... [01 Aug 2006]
Plastic for the people - cash ditched for cards
News Out of the 3,000 debit card holders surveyed, 52 per cent said Europe will be cash free by 2016 but 48 per cent said they would still carry paper and coin currency. We're all using debit cards more than credit cards, and cards [in general] are... [01 Aug 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. Industry body Apacs reports there are 31.6 million... [04 Jul 2006]
Visa: Beware retail software that stockpiles PINs
News The software was flagged at a time when thousands of debit-card holders across the country have reported unauthorised withdrawals from their accounts. Bank of America, Citibank and Washington Mutual are among the financial institutions which have... [20 Mar 2006]
Banks set up text, email fraud alerts for customers
News The robbers stole personal information belonging to as many as 600,000 debit-card holders, according to reports. Both banks were among the scores of financial institutions forced to reissue thousands of debit cards in the past two months after... [17 Mar 2006]
Debit card fraud spree linked to security breach
News The situation prompted the CAO and the Division of Banks to release a joint statement urging debit card holders statewide to check their accounts for fraudulent activity. A spate of fraudulent debit card charges in Massachusetts, New Mexico and... [08 Mar 2006]
Wal-Mart caught in debit card enquiry?
News This week, two major banks joined a credit union in cancelling a combined 200,000 accounts belonging to debit-card holders. An investigation into thousands of compromised debit cards that was widely reported last week appears to involve two of... [14 Feb 2006]
Cash to become a thing of the past?
News Out of the 3,000 debit card holders surveyed, 52 per cent said Europe will be cash free by 2016 but 48 per cent said they would still carry paper and coin currency. The challenge the payments industry faces is increasing both merchant acceptance... [10 Feb 2006]
Building society banks on chip and PIN
Case Study Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has kicked off the rollout of chip and PIN cards to replace magnetic strip debit cards for more than 100,000 account holders. We've got 105,000 debit cards [in circulation]," said Rippon, "so we've... [27 Sep 2005]
MasterCard data breach: Lawsuit demands damages
News Schultz, a resident of Marin County, California, had his Visa debit card data compromised in the CardSystems breach, Rothken said. The amended complaint was filed on behalf of California credit card holders and card-accepting merchants on Wednesday... [07 Jul 2005]
Northampton's chip and PIN 'high street of the future'
News Chip and PIN is a scheme for credit and debit cards where cardholders are required to enter a PIN into a keypad instead of signing a receipt at the checkout of shops. Remembering PINs is also not proving to be a problem with just three per cent not... [16 Sep 2004]
Credit card-mad Brits turn to internet for spending fix
News Figures show that a much larger number of consumers opt for using credit cards rather than debit cards online, which is thought to be because credit cards offer better payment protection. Apacs' statistics show that last year over 20 per cent of... [09 Aug 2004]
Is the world ready for 'wave and go' credit card payments?
News The company's PayPass system is designed to let holders of credit and debit cards tap or wave their cards in front of a PayPass reader to make a payment, rather than swipe the cards through a reader and sign their name. [22 Dec 2003]
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