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Contactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News Coffee chain Coffee Republic is rolling out contactless payment technology after a trial of Barclaycard Business's OneTouch system saw up to one in five credit card transactions being waved through this way. [23 Jul 2008]
Flight booking checks into mobiles
News Flight bookings must be made in English and paid for with a credit card, although the company plans to widen this to other languages in the near future, and is planning to adapt the service for corporate customers. [23 Jul 2008]
Businesses fear Sepa debit fraud risk
News A similar amount considered Direct Debit fraud to be a main concern as thieves move away from payment card-based activities. Instruments for credit transfers started last January, while processes for Direct Debits and debit cards should be in place... [22 Jul 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News Thousands of credit card details have been stolen after high street retailer Cotton Traders' website was hacked. Customers who have become a victim of fraud following the attack are being asked to contact their credit card provider. [11 Jun 2008]
Open source guru criticises Oyster software
News Online payments cannot be made anonymously, so anyone paying online or linking their Oyster card to a credit card for automatic top-ups is handing their travel information to the government, Stallman argued. [10 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News A government report on serious criminal threats to the UK has warned of the growing danger from international gangs of online and credit card fraudsters. It also warns of bank accounts being taken over by fraudsters tricking call centre workers, a... [06 Jun 2008]
Business travellers demand more tech
News The survey also found that 46 per cent wanted the ability to carry out credit and debit card transactions using their mobile phone. Business travellers are crying out for airplane wi-fi and the ability to carry out mobile payments. [02 Jun 2008]
Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic
News Cheque payments continue to decline in the UK as card transactions increase, according to UK payments association Apacs. Apacs director of communications, Sandra Quinn, said as retailers stop accepting cheques it is expected that a large proportion... [12 May 2008]
Credit crunch prompts the great cash comeback
News The consortium puts the cost to retailers of processing a credit card transaction at up to 17 times higher than the charge for handling a cash payment and accuses card companies of pushing cashless payments as a way of boosting their own revenue. [21 Apr 2008]
Malicious software overtakes friendly apps
News Craig Scroggie, vice president of Symantec Australia told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.com.au the shift in balance between good and bad software is the result of malicious code writing becoming professional, propped up by a thriving black market... [09 Apr 2008]
UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!
News Virus-related equipment failure or data loss affected 19 per cent of businesses surveyed, credit card fraud affected 11 per cent, theft of PC/laptop eight per cent, hacking seven per cent and four per cent or less were affected by unauthorised... [09 Apr 2008]
UK a hotbed for cyber crime
News The most commonly reported crime was auction fraud but they also included non-delivery of purchases, credit/debit card fraud, computer intrusions, spam or unsolicited email and child pornography.silicon.com has won widespread support for its e... [08 Apr 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News Lemon warned that the internet was fuelling a rise in global credit card fraud and that the UK and the US were the targets. She said: "The thing that is disturbing us the most is the exchange of stolen credit card data and the scale on which it is... [19 Mar 2008]
Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News Peter Bassill, information security officer with Gala Coral ecommerce, said attackers spent about four months infiltrating the sites ahead of the attack last year, using stolen credit card details to open the thousands of accounts needed to... [06 Mar 2008]
Information Security forum to 'change behaviour'
News These included the HMRC breach, where 25 million personal details were lost, and the TJX breach, where up to 96 million credit-card details were compromised. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [13 Feb 2008]
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