Prevalence of mobile banking creates 'rich opportunities' for fraudsters, study says

May 12, 2017

As smartphones increasingly become an indispensable financial tool for consumers' financial lives, their value to fraudsters has risen accordingly, reveals a…

US consumers warming up to biometric security

May 5, 2017

It's long-accepted wisdom that the American masses will resist biometric identification as an intrusion into their privacy. However, the uptake of AppleID and…

Checker ATM Security users urged to install GMV-issued patch

May 4, 2017

Security research firm Positive Technologies has discovered a serious vulnerability in GMV Checker ATM Security, according to a press release.

Rabobank takes step to stop ATM explosive attacks

May 4, 2017

Rabobank, the Netherlands' third largest bank, is taking steps to protect its ATMs, the people near them and the buildings that house them from explosive…

Biometric ID gets a security boost from the blockchain

May 4, 2017

BitCAD, a cryptographic smart platform, has developed a decentralized blockchain-based system for biometric identification of users.

In battle between Range Rover and Beemer, ATM-users lose

May 2, 2017

Criminals who succeeded at ripping an ATM from the wall of a Lloyds Bank branch in the English village of Bourton-on-the-water early Friday had to abandon…

Why NAC should stop quibbling about ATM skimming stats

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Arguments over whose ATMs are more likely to be skimmed are slipping into irrelevance as the industry faces its final EMV deadline four months from now and…

Agenda, speakers announced for ATM & Payments Security 2017

April 27, 2017

The ATM Industry Association has announced the program and speaker lineup for the ATM & Payment Security 2017 conference to be held Sept. 19–20 in London…

Entrust Datacard lends its voice to PCI Security Standards Council

April 27, 2017

Entrust Datacard, a provider of trusted identity and secure transaction technology solutions, has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a Participating…

Russian hacker gets 27-year sentence for payment card data theft

April 25, 2017

It is notoriously difficult to extradite Russian hackers to face trial in the U.S. It was the misfortune of one Roman Seleznev, 32,  of Vladivostok, Russia, to…

PayToo gets into the selfie game

April 25, 2017

PayToo Merchant Services Corp., a division of PayToo, has unveiled its new payment technology, PayToo SmileandPay. The service uses facial recognition and…

MasterCard tests biometric EMV card

April 21, 2017

MasterCard has unveiled what it is calling the "next generation biometric card," combining chip technology with biometrics to verify the cardholder's identity…

ATMIA paper offers a template for assessing ATM money-laundering risk

April 20, 2017

The ATM Industry Association has published a new position paper, Actual versus Perceived Risks of Money Laundering at White-Label ATMs in Canada. The…

KAL Announces the Launch of KTH Terminal Handler

The latest addition to KAL’s world-renowned Kalignite family of software – KTH Terminal Handler - gives banks a new option within the data center when…

FICO nixes NAC number-fixing claims on retail ATM compromise

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

On March 29, FICO released stats showing that nonbank ATMs accounted for the majority of card compromises in 2016. NAC fired back with a memo accusing FICO of…

Experian: US e-commerce fraud increases as EMV acceptance grows

April 18, 2017

Delaware, Oregon, and Florida were the top-ranked states for billing and shipping e-commerce fraud in 2016, according to a new report from Experian.

Lloyds to pilot test Windows 10 biometrics with customers

April 17, 2017

Lloyds Banking Group is collaborating with Microsoft to test biometric authentication with customers logging into Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland…

ACI to provide fraud protection solutions to Panama-based payments provider

April 14, 2017

ADSI, a banking IT services and fraud protection provider operating in South America, the Caribbean and Central America, has selected real-time electronic…

EAST reports 2016 crime stats for Europe's ATMs; black box attacks up 287 percent

April 13, 2017

A newly published report from the European ATM Security Team discloses that criminals carried out ATM black box attacks in 10 reporting countries during 2016.

NAC knocks new FICO findings on card compromise at nonbank ATMs

April 10, 2017

The National ATM Council Inc. is questioning — for the second year in a row — FICO statistics concerning card compromises at retail ATMs in the United States.