John Lewis has signalled its commitment to financial services provision by announcing its intention to launch a new John Lewis Finance brand. The brand will encompass John Lewis' growing range of financial services products – which ...
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As reported by the Credit Union Times, the National Retail Federation has deepened its opposition to deploying payment cards with embedded smart chips that do not also require cardholders to use a PIN to validate transactions. ...
Tags: Security, Protection, Credit Chips
Related Arlington, Va. — The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) released its 2014 Public Policy Agenda: Retailers Strengthening Communities, which outlines the industry’s top public policy priorities for 2014, and ...
Tags: Retail Industry, Privacy&Cyber, Health Care, Labor
VeriFone Systems, Inc. announced that The Jones Group Inc. has selected VeriFone solutions to enable mobile payment acceptance and enhance customer experience for its internationally recognized brands, including Jones New York and Nine ...
Tags: Mobile Payment Acceptance, Textile
PayPal has launched a chip and pin reader which allows small businesses to securely accept credit and debit card payments wherever they do business. Built for businesses which traditionally rely on cash, PayPal hopes the likes of market ...
Tags: Mobile Chip, Computer Products
While mobile payments transform financial life in many less developed countries, retailers and payment providers in the U.S. and Europe are still trying to find the right incentives to drive adoption. The added convenience of mobile ...
Tags: Mobile Payments, credit cards
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 ...
Tags: Computer Products, Mobile payments
A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Dubbed vSkimmer, the ...
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A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Dubbed vSkimmer, the ...
Tags: Vskimmer Malware, Point-of-Sale Systems, Computer Products
A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Dubbed vSkimmer, the ...
Tags: Vskimmer Malware, Point-of-Sale Systems, Computer Products
Contactless payments at sandwich chain Pret A Manger have boomed over the past 12 months, according to the firm's director of IT, delivery and support, Andy Chalklin. "Contactless payments in terms of our overall transactions have gone ...
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PayPal will introduce a mobile chip-and-PIN version of its payments service in Europe, starting with a selection of U.K. businesses over the coming months. PayPal Here will fully launch in the U.K. this summer and will be available in ...
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PayPal is set to launch a chip-and-pin-based mobile payment service in the UK later this year, the firm has revealed, ahead of showcasing the technology at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This statement comes after the eBay-owned ...
Tags: PayPal, mobile payment service, mobile tech
Despite the introduction of "chip-and-pin" security, payment card fraud across the European Union cost some €1.5bn (£1.2bn) in 2012, according to the latest figures from Europol. While chip-and-pin has helped to reduce card ...
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Three widely deployed payment terminals have vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to steal credit card data and PIN numbers, according to a pair of security researchers from penetration testing firm MWR InfoSecurity in the U.K. The ...
Tags: payment terminals, MWR InfoSecurity, credit card data, PIN numbers