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News The OneTouch system enables customers to pay for goods worth less than £10 by touching their Barclaycard to a reader - avoiding the need to enter a PIN or sign for the transaction. Coffee chain Coffee Republic is rolling out contactless payment... [23 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News The bank chose PINsentry because of its similarity to chip and PIN, rolled out in 2006 across UK retailers. Barclays began distributing the authentication devices in the second half of last year, initially sending out 500,000 units, becoming the... [18 Jul 2008]
Dunelm Mill signs Epos maintenance deal
News The tills' chip and PIN systems have also been replaced recently. Value home furnishings retailer Dunelm Mill has signed an electronic point of sale maintenance contract to support its store portfolio expansion and drive sales. [16 Jul 2008]
Barclays gives online users free security software
News The bank said more than one million PIN readers have been sent out to customers under this programme. Barclays Bank is to offer its two million online customers free security software. The package from Kaspersky protects from adware, spyware... [01 Jul 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News It also warns of bank accounts being taken over by fraudsters tricking call centre workers, a 37 per cent rise in the cost of phone, internet and mail order fraud and the threat from chip and PIN devices being modified to capture card details. [06 Jun 2008]
Council plugs free internet for tenants
News The residents of the eight multi-storey buildings around North Solihull, near Birmingham, will be able to get internet access at broadband speeds through an internet connectivity unit that plugs into the wall sockets, with a three-pin interface on... [21 May 2008]
Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments
News The system - supplied by Fidelity National Information services, IBM, Smart Technology solutions and VeriFone - is an integrated mobile chip and PIN payments system that allows the company to channel all payments from its Beefeater, Brewers Fayre... [07 May 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]
Card fraud up by a quarter to £535m
News Apacs said £535.2m was lost to card fraud overall last year, due mainly to stolen UK card details used in countries yet to upgrade to chip and PIN - a 77 per cent rise on the year before.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [12 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News Hall said that cards could later be used to confirm identity online using a PIN stored on the card. James Hall, director of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), told silicon.com the revised scheme is likely to cut £1bn off its £5.4bn price tag... [10 Mar 2008]
We need more tech training, says small business
News The pan-European ICT and e-business network for SMEs (PIN-SME), which represents more than 50,000 European e-businesses, also emphasised the key role of ICT in driving small-business expansion. Johan Steszgal, president of PIN-SME, said: "There is... [09 Mar 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News Security vendor Network Box illustrated this threat by showing that only the PIN number was encrypted when information was sent from a US ATM to networked bank computers. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [04 Mar 2008]
Poll: And the next killer app for mobiles is...
News Surprisingly the poll stuck a pin in the bubble that has been swelling around mobile music. "What is the new new thing in the mobile industry? The new new thing in our industry is internet on the mobile…" So said Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin, addressing... [04 Mar 2008]
'Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked
News Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card details from supposedly tamper-proof PIN terminals. Saar Drimer and Steven Murdoch, overseen by Professor Ross Anderson, managed to hack two widely used PIN... [27 Feb 2008]
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. HSBC customers were denied access to their bank accounts at the weekend after an... [25 Feb 2008]
