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The reduction in fraud levels seen in Australia once again reiterate the potential savings that can be delivered if countries roll out EMV technology, and it will be interesting to see if the current ...
According to Kelkoo - the online retail comparison website - and Visa Europe, Monday 29 November is the busiest online shopping day of the year. Visa Europe expects 3.8m purchases worth £265m to be ma...
Anyone who has worked in a bank, or has spent any length of time working with them, knows that technology silos are all too commonplace. Many banks have one system to process debit card payments, anot...
This story shows the lengths to which criminals will go to commit fraud, and the PCeU must be congratulated on breaking this criminal gang. However, it is important that stories like this don't discou...
The recent announcement of the multi-channelled Zeus attack on a user's internet banking account is an interesting hypothesis and surely will not be the last when it comes to beating the ever advancin...
This is very interesting research from Fiserv that demonstrates how security-conscious consumers are, despite the benefits that PFM sites promise. True, a full view of all your accounts in one place v...
This news is very encouraging for banks and consumers around the world. It’s great to see banks taking steps to give their customers as much control as possible over their account. At the moment it s
If ever there was doubt about the organised nature of fraud and financial crime, the recent report by the Anti Phishing Working Group says that, of the phishing attacks that took place globally in th...
From the beginning, banks have protected their online banking businesses with basic authentication methods that required users to log-in with a username / ID number and a password to verify their iden...
The latest Symantec report suggests that the number of worldwide malware samples increased by an astonishing 71% in 2009 compared to the previous year. According to the report, this increase stems fr...