A Finextra member 15 September, 2008, 15:18 0 likes

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http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/08/31/could_this_chip_have_prevented_the_tjx_breach/?page=2

"Brian Triplett, a security executive for the biggest payment network, Visa Inc. of San Francisco, said the company's statistics also show low levels of fraud, roughly one in every 10,000 transactions.

Rather than replacing all the 12 million card readers in the United States with ones that could handle the Chip and PIN standard, Triplett said the money would be better spent on other fraud-fighting technologies. For instance, Visa in August began a trial of a service that beams text messages to the cardholders' cellphones within minutes after a purchase, which would help spot fraud quickly."

This is consistent with our system that allows cardholders to set their own limits. CardSwitch offers an improvement which enables banks to reject fraudulent transactions based on these user limits, unlike a notification system which can allow one to many fraudulent transactions until the cardholder receives the notifications and contacts his bank.

www.cardswitchtecnology.com

A Finextra member 17 September, 2008, 10:56 0 likes

From ITP NET Middle East: http://www.itp.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=530851&Itemid=1#comment-26730

"Last week thousands of people were frantically calling bank customer care centres and queuing at ATM machines after receiving SMS messages warning them to change the PIN numbers on all their debit cards. 

Some customers also had their cards cancelled as banks scrambled to limit the extent of the problem after a spree of fraudulent withdrawals from both inside and outside of the UAE."

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Apparently, banks there have been using VISA INC's method of notifying their cardholders. Just enable cardholders to put an 'electronic' lock and key to their card accounts with CardSwitch Technology and this should make it useless for hackers/fraudsters to skim cards.

www.cardswitchtechnology.com

Stanley Epstein - Citadel Advantage Group - Modiin 21 September, 2008, 16:38 0 likes

I am behind using technology all the way. But remember the human interface. Getting an SMS each time I use my credit card is going to really bug me … and it will be that critical one fraudulent transaction that I will overlook.

A Finextra member 21 September, 2008, 18:08 0 likes

Exactly. With CardSwitch Technology, a cardholder gets a sms notification only when a card transaction does not meet his self-defined user limits. A cardholder can also choose to receive notifications by email if sms is not preferred.