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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

PCI, PCI DSS 101

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Here's a comprehensive article explaining the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council requirements pertaining to protecting car...

Several Million for $150...Hop Aboard the PCI Express!

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There's PCI, and then there's just plain ole' PC.  What are several million records doing on a laptop in the first place?  And w...

30% of Canadian Back to School Shoppers To Do It Online

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In what looks to be an unabashed plug of Verified by Visa, the payments industry behemoth recently polled online shopping plans of Canadiens...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Keeping up with the Jones' (& the Discover vs. MasterCard/Visa Lawsuit)

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Finds No Conspiracy Between Visa and MasterCard Purchase, NY . - MasterCard Worldwide said  it is pleased that Judge Barbara S. Jones narr...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Online Travel Numbers Grow

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This year US travel sales booked online will reach $105 billion, up 12% from 2007 according to http://www.emarketer.com/ According to the g...

World's Largest Hotel Chain Hacked - 8 Million at Risk

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Eight million people at risk of ID fraud after credit card details are stolen by hotel chain hackers Security breach: A Best Western Hotel i...

Fraud Takes A Toll on Bay Area

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Fraud has taken it's toll on the Public Transportation Industry which has seen a flurry of actvity regarding recent hacks on their RFID ...

Sepa Clarifies Sepa Cards Framework with new Q&A

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European Payment Council clears up Sepa for Cards confusion The European Commission and the European Central Bank have welcomed a document p...

Gartner's Avivah Litan on PCI Version 1.2

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In an article pubished in ComputerWorld last week, Avivah Litan, distinguished analyst at Gartner shared her thoughts on the summary of chan...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Partially Shredded Bank Checks Used as Packing Material?

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Check This Out:          I saw this on CNN this morning and thought it would make for an amusing post.  A Texas company uses a bank's p...
Friday, August 22, 2008

Video - First Data Announces New Payment Technology "Go Tag"

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New Contactless Payment Technology Showcased at Democratic National Convention First Data Gives Attendees a Glimpse into the Future of Payin...

Credit Card Useless Overseas? PIN it with HomeATM

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The headline might be a bit dramatic, but it's true that more and more merchants in Europe and elsewhere will not accept credit cards wi...

Don't Leave Home With It? Card Fraud Fearing Brits Carry Cash

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Britons going abroad this summer are warned levels of card fraud overseas has shot up by 77 per cent between 2006 and 2007. Fraud on credit ...

HomeATM Partner Procures Canadian Financial Provider

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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, Aug 22, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- As Stated by SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SMKG) "Manageme...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

BBC: So How Secure Is Our Card Info?

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In light of the biggest identity theft case ever prosecuted in America, the spotlight is being turned on just how secure is our credit and d...

U.S. Consumers Lost Nearly $8.5 Billion to Viruses, Spyware, and Phishing

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U.S. consumers lost almost $8.5 billion over the last two years to viruses, spyware, and phishing schemes according to latest projections fr...

Will Banks Contribute to Innovation(s) in Retail Payments?

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Aneace Haddad, founder and chairman of Welcome (Real Time), and an industry associate of mine, has recently published a seminar presentation...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

PIN Debit White Paper on Improving Merchant Profitability

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A white paper educating merchants on the benefits of migrating their electronic payments from credit and signature debit, to PIN Debit has ...