online payments in news
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News But a spokeswoman for the UK payments industry body Apacs said the committee had no figures to back up assertions banks were not passing online frauds to the police. Banks are failing to pass on information about online fraud to police, according... [08 Jul 2008]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News Sita reckons digital travellers will benefit too - gaining access to a range of mobile-enabled services such as real-time flight updates; self-service booking, check-in and boarding; and mobile payments. [20 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]
Business travellers demand more tech
News Business travellers are crying out for airplane wi-fi and the ability to carry out mobile payments. There was an increase in the number of travellers checking in using their mobiles or online, up from 42 per cent in 2006 to 47 per cent last year... [02 Jun 2008]
Taxman gets record number of online returns
News Each year about 1.8 million employers throughout the UK are required to inform HMRC of their employees' tax and national insurance payments for the last financial year. More than 80 per cent of employers' end-of-year tax returns were completed... [02 Jun 2008]
Brits living in fear of identity fraud
News Fisher said the index showed that telecoms providers, banks and retailers would face an uphill struggle to convince the public to accept mobile phone payments. Confidence is also growing in the security of online shopping, particularly among the... [20 May 2008]
UK phishing attacks shoot up 200 per cent
News Phishing email attacks on the UK have gone up by 200 per cent this year, the UK payments association Apacs has warned. Sandra Quinn, director of communications at Apacs, said in a statement: "Although online banking fraud losses fell last year the... [16 Apr 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]
William Hill profits hit by online problems
News The company said it has already taken steps to make its online offering more appealing to punters by running video streaming of events and expanding on online payments systems through which they can make bets. [27 Feb 2008]
Web services slash CO2 emissions
News The research is based on data supplied by Sunderland City Council relating to web services for planning, schools admission, registrars' certificates, environmental service enquiries and council tax payments. [18 Jan 2008]
Top 10 retail IT stories of the year
News Mobile phone payments set to rocket by 2011 And while most retailers saw a slow-down, the irresistible Tesco continued to drive sales, while online retail quietly but steadily grew in the background.also saw a number of influential retail-sector... [19 Dec 2007]
Revealed: The hottest tech to invest in
News Digital media - the third key tech investment area - includes the convergence of technologies driven by the internet, such as online gaming and unified communications as well as business processes, including online payments. [18 Dec 2007]
Top 10 financial services stories of the year
News The Faster Payments system was designed to make transactions near real-time. This is after a major regulatory reform has been accomplished and plastic cards make more in-roads into cash payments. Gartner's forebodings for cash were made real with a... [17 Dec 2007]
Christmas spend online to hit £5bn
News UK shoppers are forecast to spend more than £5bn online during December, according to UK payments association Apacs. And Monday 3 December is predicted to be the most popular day for online shopping on the record breaking run up to Christmas. [30 Nov 2007]
Online cash payments on the cards?
News Accepting alternative payments opens up 24-hour shopping to all their potential customers, not just those who own cards and are prepared to use them, and can deliver significant sales revenue that will be vital when online sales growth slows. [22 Oct 2007]
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