September 4, 2008
The (San Jose, Calif.) Mercury News: A Foster City resident came back from vacation this week to find someone had used his debit card 72 times at various…
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The Canadian Press: Calgary police have charged four men with defrauding a local business of nearly CAN $2 million by breaking into its database. Police say…
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The Coloradoan: Computers slowed, phone lines jammed and some ATM/debit cards didn't work Tuesday when Public Service Credit Union switched its former Norlarco…
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SAN FRANCISCO — Visa has taken the next step toward making mobile commerce a global reality. The card company has launched four new programs to deliver…
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TORONTO — Smart Processing Solutions Inc. has announced the launch of SmartIssuerPro, a card-issuing and management software designed to let financial…
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I.T. Vibe: After successfully cloning U.S. credit and debit cards (after stealing card details from compromised ATMs), criminals are trying to use them at…
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The Consumerist: With an $8 credit-card reader bought off eBay, BoingBoing TV demonstrates how easy it is to intercept an RFID transmission and steal a…
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The Consumerist: A Myth Busters episode about the security vulnerabilities of RFID technology was reportedly axed by The Discovery Channel after executives…
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MIAMI — Ivan Ochoa and Daniel Davila, executive members of newly created Charge Notification Services Corp., are launching a proprietary and patented credit…
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Yahoo! News: Baljeet Singh, who lives in the Indian village of Bhainsa, receives a fatty sum every year during the sugarcane season, which he places in his…
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The London Daily Mail: Personal details about more than a million bank customers has been found on a computer sold on eBay. Highly sensitive information about…
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The (London) Daily Mail: Up to 8 million people are at risk of ID fraud after a hacker breached the security system of the world's largest hotel chain. An…
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Recently laid-off workers from Chrysler's automotive plant in Fenton, Mo., are worried that changes to Missouri's unemployment system…
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WAKEFIELD, Mass. — The PCI Security Standards Council, an open-industry-standards body providing management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security…
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The Edge Financial Daily: MasterCard's new Malaysian debit card is expected to tap consumers who are currently not credit cardholders. MasterCard vice…
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SAN FRANCISCO — Visa and leading North American financial institutions PNC Bank, SunTrust Bank, U.S. Bank, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank…
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HOUSTON — Surcharge-free ATM access is gaining in popularity among debit-card issuers, according to the 2008 Debit Issuer Study, commissioned by PULSE. And…
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SEATTLE — Washington Mutual Inc. has signed a branding deal with Cardtronics to WaMu-brand more than 70 ATMs in CVS/pharmacy stores in Georgia. According to…
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(New York) Insurance & Technology: JPMorgan Chase has launched a prepaid debit card for workers' compensation payments. The Chase Workers' Compensation…
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MINNEAPOLIS — Fair Isaac Corp., provider of analytics and decision-management technology, has introduced its Fraud Alert Network Forum — an online community…
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