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News Apacs IT chief Sue Yoe has left the organisation following a management restructure at the payment industry body. According to an Apacs spokesman, Yoe decided to take voluntary redundancy as a result of the management restructure.silicon.com... [28 Mar 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. Apacs said consumers must be vigilant after the number of reported incidents shot up by more than 10,000 during the first quarter... [16 Apr 2008]
'Shoulder-surfing' chip and PIN fraud fear dismissed
News Fraud fears over the new chip and PIN credit and debit cards have been dismissed by APACS, the card payment body behind the programme. From 1 January 2005 European retailers using the new chip and PIN terminals will be protected from liability for... [08 Nov 2004]
Card fraud up by a quarter to £535m
News Card fraud rose by 25 per cent in 2007, according to the latest figures from payment clearing industry body Apacs. 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... [12 Mar 2008]
Phishing targets put up their guard
News The Association of Payment and Clearing Services (APACS) has claimed that banking customers are waking up to the threats of online fraud. Speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday, an APACS spokeswoman said that although last year's... [24 Mar 2005]
Chip and PIN security warning for retailers
News The UK payments association Apacs has produced the Transactions with your chip and PIN terminal guidelines to highlight how card-accepting businesses can more effectively protect themselves and their customers. [06 Sep 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. There is also an Apacs website explaining how to sign up to security schemes such as Verified by Visa and Mastercard SecureCode. [30 Nov 2007]
Shell's £1m chip and PIN fraud 'an inside job'
News A £1m chip and PIN fraud at a Shell petrol station was "an inside job", according to UK payments body Apacs. But a spokeswoman from Apacs told silicon.com criminals must have had easy access to PIN pads in order to modify them to enable the theft... [08 May 2006]
Handheld credit card readers to cut fraud
News A new payments system aimed at reducing 'card not present' fraud is to be trialled by UK payments association Apacs. Apacs has developed the system, which uses a handheld card reader, from the global standard created by card companies MasterCard... [15 Feb 2007]
Plastic for the people - cash ditched for cards
News According to figures from banking industry body Apacs, consumers spent a record level of £26.4bn per month via plastic cards in the first half of 2006. A spokesman for Apacs told silicon.com: "It's just part of a trend. [01 Aug 2006]
Lords peers into online security
News On Wednesday, witnesses from the UK payments association (APACS), the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Visa gave evidence about the level of online threat to consumers, the types of fraud being perpetrated, and how financial services... [15 Dec 2006]
Consumers spend £16bn online
News A study from the UK payments association, Apacs, found that 262 million transactions were made online last year, most of which were carried out with credit cards. A spokeswoman for Apacs, said: "[C]redit cards are far more popular for online... [12 Sep 2005]
UK suffering fraud boom-time
News The number of phishing scams in the UK has escalated by 1,471 per cent in the last 12 months, the latest fraud figures from the UK payments association APACS revealed. Sandra Quinn, director of communications at APACS, told silicon.com: "It was... [07 Nov 2006]
Chip and PIN shifts fraud to online shops and banks
News Fraudsters snatched £58m using stolen credit cards online in the first half of this year, and plundered £14.5m from internet banking accounts, according to new figures from payments association Apacs. [08 Nov 2005]
Chip and PIN leads to fall in UK card fraud
News UK card fraud has fallen by 13 per cent to £439.4m in the 12 months since the introduction of chip and PIN technology, according to the latest figures from payments industry body Apacs. Apacs figures on card ID theft also contradict Home Office... [07 Mar 2006]
