LOOKING for a safe password? You can give HQbgbiZVu9AWcqoSZmChwgtMYTrM7HE3ObVWGepMeOsJf4iHMyNXMT1BrySA4d7 a try. Good luck memorising it. Sixty-three random alpha-numeric characters - in this case, generated by an online password ...
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A total of 328 website domains accused of selling counterfeit goods were shut down by US and European authorities in the latest crackdown on online fraud. US authorities shut down 177 domain names for websites selling counterfeit ...
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Lloyds Bank is to work with mobile payments company Monitise to develop a suite of mobile card acceptance services for small businesses. The services will be developed on Monitise's mPOS platform and aimed, in particular, at ...
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PayPal, the online third-party payment platform of eBay, is expected to become the first foreign firm to gain a financial payment license in the Chinese mainland. John Donahoe, CEO of the US online auction and shopping service ...
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media quoted words of eBay CEO John Donahoe saying that the leading e-commerce service provider is likely to become the first foreign company to win payment license in China, although it will not follow local peers to kick off fierce ...
U.S. federal prosecutors charged eight people on Wednesday in connection with a multimillion-dollar fraud that siphoned money from hacked accounts at banks and financial institutions, laundered it and sent it overseas. The cover page ...
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Microsoft and the FBI have combined forces to strike a major blow against one of the world's biggest cyber crime networks, responsible for stealing more than $500m (£323m) from bank accounts. Aided by authorities in more than 80 ...
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Payments via mobile transactions will reach a value of over $235bn (£154bn) in 2013, as the number of mobile payment users worldwide reaches 245 million. That's according to research by Gartner, which suggests this year will see a ...
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Mobile payments startup Payleven has struck a deal that calls for Apple to start selling chip-and-PIN readers in its retail stores across Europe. Payleven's chip-and-PIN reader can be connected to an iPhone, iPad or Android device via ...
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Gift cards, vouchers and alternative payment methods on the increase. UK shoppers did 9.7 per cent less of their shopping with cash in 2012 compared to the previous year. Paying with cash is still the most popular choice for customers ...
A 17-year-old German student contends PayPal has denied him a reward for finding a vulnerability in its website. Robert Kugler said he notified PayPal of the vulnerability on May 19. He said he was informed by email that because he is ...
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The founder of Liberty Reserve, an online digital currency and payments system based in Costa Rica, has been arrested and charged with money laundering. Further reading Retailers looking to cut Visa and other 'middlemen' out of the ...
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Fundamental changes in the UK retail industry as customers embrace new technology and new ways to shop are producing major changes in the relative importance of different payment methods. Customers did 10 per cent less of their shopping ...
Tags: Cash Payment, Retail Stores
Google is reportedly squaring up to Facebook in a $1bn (£660m) bidding war for Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze. According to Bloomberg, the internet giant has expressed an interest in buying up the start-up ...
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A new variant of the Citadel financial malware is targeting users of the Payza online payment platform by launching local in-browser attacks to steal their credentials, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. Citadel is a ...
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