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News Credit card company Visa showcased its latest developments in payment technology alongside announcements on field trials and payment services upgrades at the Cartes and IDentification Show in Paris last week. [10 Nov 2008]
Nine newbies join Symbian Foundation ARMy
News UK chip designer ARM, card network Visa, Chinese technology group Huawei and nine others said on Tuesday they planned to join the Symbian Foundation to get free access to its software. Since June 2008, 52 companies have... [23 Oct 2008]
Brits lose £120m to foreign card fraud
News In the meantime, Apacs recommends consumers sign up to secure online payment services such as Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode, which currently have around 25 million users in the UK. While the three years... [01 Oct 2008]
Visa banking goes wireless with Android, Nokia
News Visa is adding a wireless twist to the old phrase "Charge It". Visa also struck a mobile deal with US Bank. Under a pilot programme with US Bank, which is scheduled to begin by the end of the year,... [26 Sep 2008]
Online security services reach 25 million cards
News More than 25 million credit and debit cards have been signed up to secure online payment services such as Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode. According to Apacs, online retailers who use Verified by... [23 Sep 2008]
Five-year wait for O2 Oyster card mobiles
News While almost half (225) of the 500 testers also got the Barclaycard Visa payWave application preloaded with £200 which they could use to pay for low-value goods at selected retail outlets, O2 said the Oyster function... [02 Sep 2008]
UK at risk from repeat of US hack attack?
News Retailers handling up to six million Visa transactions in the UK are not subject to an independent audit to check they are compliant with PCI DSS security standards that can block such hacks. Guidance on the... [06 Aug 2008]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News Mobiles could eventually even be used to hold visa and biometric info. Mobile phones could be a godsend to the airline industry - saving time and therefore money. Mobile phones could be used to hold digital boarding... [20 Jun 2008]
Changes to retail bricks to match online clicks
News According to a report from Visa Europe, more than a quarter of 300 retailers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK expect a drop in store numbers over the next seven years.silicon.com... [09 Apr 2008]
Biometrics cuts days off UK visa processing
News UKvisas, the UK's visa checking agency, said it has cut the time taken to check the identity of visa applicants from two days to less than 30 minutes. The system speeds up the process by checking a... [05 Mar 2008]
'Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked
News Both devices were Visa-certified to be secure, which requires that defeating the tamper detection would cost more than $25,000 per PIN-entry device; or that inserting a PIN-stealing bug would be detected, or take more... [27 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News The system would alert authorities if the person was recorded as overstaying the length of their visa. Biometric data would be submitted by travellers from outside the EU when applying for a visa, while... [14 Feb 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News And also the replacement and upgrading of systems for fingerprint matching and storage in connection with immigration and visa requirements and transition to the replacement service. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards [25 Jan 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News The announcement of the server in the sky proposals follows the news earlier this week that the UK has completed a system to check the fingerprints of every visa applicant. Click on the links below to find out everything... [15 Jan 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News The fingerprint database contains the records of more than one million previous visa applicants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics The system will cover 133 countries, three-quarters of the world's population, and has... [14 Jan 2008]
