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Card Payments Finally Beat Cash Transactions In UK
Card Transactions Finally Top Cash Payments It’s no surprise that in recent years we all look to pay and buy things more with our cards rather than carry cash. In truth, I can not honestly remember the last cash purchase I made. With the implementation of the contactless debit and…
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Visa Payment Problems Resolved After Europe Wide Failure
Visa Payment Problems Are Now Resolved The last 24 hours have given many customers some big headaches. With Visa being the most popular format for debit card payments in the UK and Europe a service failure found many in the awkward position of attempting to pay for goods only to…
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Major Card Payment Error Sees Tesco Billing Customers Months After Visit
Tesco, Every Little Helps? For the weekly shop, for years, Tesco has been one of the major retailers. A big development for the company was the expansion of their smaller ‘express’ stores. Customers who regularly use them, however, might want to check their bank accounts. A major processing error of…
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Fingopay Means that Paying Bills is at the Tip of Your Fingers, Literally!
I’ll have a Nvidia 1080ti and put it on my finger! Financial transactions are becoming a lot trickier in this 21st-century world. With the vast majority of transactions being electronically rather than with physical money, people are trying to find better and more secure means of getting this done. With…
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British Buyers Prefer to use Card Over Cash
When was the last time you pulled out some cash from your pocket to pay for something? I think my last time was around 3 weeks ago when I played poker with some friends; all my other purchases are by my debit card and mainly contactless. It has now been…
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Credit Card Information Threatened By ‘ChewBacca’ POS
More news about malware surface, and this time under the name of a ‘hairy’ friend from a galaxy far far away… ChewBacca, which is causing retailers and consumers issues all over the world. It is known as being a Point-of-Sale, or most commonly known POS, threat that targets your debit/credit…
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Google Announces The Availability Of Google Wallet Debit Cards
It looks like the Google Wallet Card has been officially released. The prepaid debit card lets Google Wallet users make payments with their Wallet balance at ATMs, banks, and any business that accepts MasterCard Debit. You can request your own card as long as you’ve verified your identity, and Google…
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2.9 Million Customers’ Account Data Stole From Adobe’s Database
Chief Security Officer for Adobe, Brad Arkin, has revealed that hackers have stolen data relating to 2.9 million customers, including IDs, names, encrypted passwords and credit card data and more. They also stole Adobe product source code. The security team at Adobe discovered what they are calling a “sophisticated attack on…
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US Launch Their Largest Ever Hacking Fraud Case
Five men in Russia and Ukraine have been charged after it was found they were running an operation that allegedly stole more than 160 million credit and debit card numbers, including those from many major US companies that included Nasdaq, Visa, Dow Jones and JC Penney over a period of seven years,…
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New Malware Targeting ATMs of Major U.S. Banks
A new malware called “Dump Memory Grabber” is found that has been collecting information about credit/debit card information from ATM and point-of-sale systems from major U.S. banks. This malware is reported by a Russian-based security company called “Group IB” and it seems that the author who made this malware is…
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Paypal Starts Chip-and-Pin Payment Device in the UK as an Alternate Payment Method
Well-known online payment gateway Paypal has launched a chip-and-pin machine for market traders, taxis and shops allowing them to accept credit and debit cards and even their Paypal option. Paypal stated that this new device will cost under £100 and charges less than 3% transaction fees. [youtube]http://youtu.be/IVR0IM5rxvI[/youtube] David Marcus, president…
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