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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...

Tags: cyber crime, e-crime, phishing

[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.

Tags: pci, eft, white stuff

[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.

Tags: betting, online, william hill, retail

[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.

Tags: savings, co2, councils, local government

[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...

Tags: iplayer, retail, bbc, ibm

[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.

Tags: mobile internet, wimax, venture capital, bric

[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...

Tags: mifid, apacs, lloyds, gartner

[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.

Tags: uk, online, consumer, retail

[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.

Tags: retail, online, cash, credit card

[22 Oct 2007]

Online Investing Hacks: Get Out of Debt Before Debt Takes It Out of You

whitepaper Mortgage payments, car payments, and credit card minimum payments are due every month, no matter what. If one borrows too much, one might not be able to save any money after buying food, paying taxes, and making debt payments.

Tags: online trading, house, money, payments

[17 Oct 2007]

Online banking fraud plummets

News Online banking fraud has fallen by 67 per cent during the first six months of 2007 compared to the same period last year, according to UK payments association Apacs. Online banking fraud in the UK fell from £22.4m between January and June 2006 to...

Tags: chip and pin, card fraud, online, fraud

[04 Oct 2007]

Summer slowdown bad for IT projects

News Nick Masterson-Jones, IT director at payments body Voca, said: "With the general slowdown, it is actually a time when we can get things done with fewer distractions - when we aren't on holiday too of course.

Tags: project management, productivity, upgrades, cio jury

[03 Aug 2007]

Web security breach exposes 54,000 card details

News The file contained details of payments for council tax, business rates, parking fines and rents for more than a year between February 2006 and April 2007. Newcastle City Council said it closed down the insecure computer servers straight away...

Tags: security, data breach, full disclosure, newcastle city council

[27 Jul 2007]

iPhone boosts Apple's profits

News Oppenheimer confirmed that Apple is receiving payments from AT&T related to the sale of iPhones but he didn't want to discuss the specifics of the agreement between the two companies. An Apple representative confirmed the number doesn't include...

Tags: financial, mac, iphone, apple

[26 Jul 2007]

Online Payment Processing: What You Need To Know

whitepaper The most important part of selling online is accepting secure payments from your customers. As an added benefit to customers, recurring payment processing should be added to allow the customer to set up regularly scheduled payments.

Tags: e-fulfillment, processing, benefit, payments

[19 Jul 2007]

Faster payments plan slows down

News The programme is aimed at allowing bank customers to complete payments made online or on the phone, as well as standing orders, more quickly than at present. Online, phone and standing order payments account for eight per cent of automated payments...

Tags: testing, delay, online, apacs

[13 Jul 2007]

Editor's Blog: Tech improves... but we don't?

Comment But what of those who aren't comfortable with payments over a mobile? It had regular economy check-in (a nightmare of a snaking queue), online check-in (for those who checked in over the web and were arriving for 'bag drop') and DIY check-in...

Tags: airline websites, westminster, mobile payments, m-commerce

[28 Jun 2007]

Online Payment Processing - What you need to know (AU)

whitepaper Once you've reviewed this guide, you'll understand the essential elements of accepting payments online, the most important step in putting your Web site to work for you. This guide will provide you with what you need to know about online payment...

Tags: best practices, processing, payment,

[28 Jun 2007]

March away from cheques continues apace

News Cheques account for just under a tenth of non-cash payments in the UK, according to Apacs. Consult Hyperion has worked with operator O2 so consumers can use their mobile handsets for payments. A study of European consumers by Forrester Research at...

Tags: cheque

[22 Jun 2007]

Online shoppers let down by customer service

News The company contacted 62 UK online retailers via email and asked them to provide details of their shipment charges, and to find out which credit and debit cards could be used to make payments on their sites.silicon.com Retail & Leisure

Tags: retail

[20 Jun 2007]

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