apacs Resources

Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

ZDNet Resources

UK card fraud reaches 478.8 mln pounds a year: UK card fraud reaches 478.8 mln pounds a yearUK Card FraudAPACS run a great website with advice on fraudAPACS – Cheque Clearing and Credit Card Advice; Tags: card fraud, APACS; Discussion threads 2008-05-21
10% of all UK credit card payments are made online: 10% of all credit card payments in the UK is now made online, according to Association for Payment Clearing Services APACS. The number of credit card payments made online has shot up five-fold since 1999 as punters increasingly use the Net to buy books, CDs, computer gear, holidays, financial services...; Tags: APACS, credit card, credit card payment; Blog posts 2004-08-11

Additional Resources

No security software, no E-banking fraud claims for you: Rational, but unrealistic in today's threatscape. According to the Times : "Customers using their credit or debit cards online have been advised that high street banks are likely to become increasingly reluctant to help victims of internet fraud as new rules added to the Banking Code signal less willingness...; Tags: Software, Bank, Firewall, Electronic Banking, Vulnerability, XSS, Malware, Fraud, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Banking, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-21
London police payroll data stolen: In London, three laptops containing Metropolitan Police payroll details have been stolen from a private IT company that processes payroll and pensions. The burglary took place last week and was discovered by employees of the company, LogicaCMG. Approximately half of the Met Polices employees are thought to have been affected....; Tags: SECURITY, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, payroll, identity theft, laptop computer; Blog posts 2006-11-22
Did Barclays err in going with card readers for two-factor security?: Here on Between the Lines, I've routinely hounded the US banking industry for not biting the bullet and moving all of its customers regardless of whether the customers like it or not to a multi-factor two or more system for authenticating users for online banking. For some banks in...; Tags: authenticator; Blog posts 2006-08-09

UK card fraud reaches 478.8 mln pounds a year: Apacs revealed that total card fraud rose by 18% to 478.8 mln pounds Between June 2003 and June 2004. The 28.1 mln pounds increase in fraudulent cash machine withdrawals accounts for a major portion of the overall rise in fraud. In total, cardholders withdraw 144 bln pounds from cash machines...; Tags: fraud; Blog posts 2004-11-10