Payment Card Security
News about payment card security, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Payment Card Security News
Lush breaches data protection act after security lapse
Cosmetics retailer Lush breached the data protection act after failing to protect customer data for four months, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.
Hard-pressed shoppers turn to cash and debit cards
Cautious customers are turning from credit cards to cash and debit cards to better manage their finances research from the BRC showed.
BT Retail Week Technology Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist for Retail Week’s technology awards includes all of the big four supermarkets as well as retailers from across the spectrum of speciality retail.
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Everything Everywhere to launch contactless payment on mobiles
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Amazon's European websites go offline amidst cyber-attack threats
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MasterCard admits cyber-attack service disruption, Visa also targeted
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Debenhams invests in food service system for store cafes
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BT Retail Week Technology Awards shortlist revealed
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Argos suffers customer data security breach
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Chip and PIN flaw can lead to fraud
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Morrisons rolls out payment system
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Marks & Spencer to tackle fraud at its checkouts
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Poundland trials contactless payments
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IBM to run Carrefour's IT systems in France
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Beaverbrooks poised for trial of in-house EPoS
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Henderson connects stores via broadband
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Retailers lash out over fines for non-compliance with PCIDSS
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Shuropody secures card transactions
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Body Shop opts for global security system
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Faith upgrades broadband to stores after pilot
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Retailers are on top of basics of IT security
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Retailers under pressure to meet card security standard
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Dolcis revamps store systems under new owner
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Hackers force suspension of Lush online sales
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Hackers give up attack on Amazon
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Payment disruption fears as Mastercard targeted by hackers over WikiLeaks stance
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US Senate backs cap on debit card fees paid by retailers
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BT Expedite to headline sponsor Retail Week's technology awards
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Retailer screening leads to decrease in card-not-present fraud
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Compliance with PCIDSS among retailers jumps
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Liverpool contactless payment push begins
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Tesco upgrades global IT security
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PayPal suffers global shutdown
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Retailers given chance to feed back on PCIDSS
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IDC says European retailers still desire full IT integration despite cost-cutting
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Tesco re-elected to PCI Security Standards Council advisory board
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Internaçionale in £1.3m EPoS upgrade
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PCI Security Standards Council to step up checks on assessors
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Police recover stolen Chip & PIN terminals
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M&S to up PoS security with system roll-out
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Somerfield tests mobile scanning
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Payment Card Council sets software standard
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Banks join fight on online fraud
Payment Card Security in depth
Is cash still king?
Retailers have still to be convinced of the cost benefits and consumer demand for new types of electronic payment, reports Glynn Davis
The future of payments
Innovation around the way your customers can pay while in stores is gathering pace, particularly for mobile payments. Rebecca Thomson finds out where transactions are heading
Panic buying
Retailers may not like the power the banks hold over them, but Barclaycard’s outage at the weekend shows how crucial payment services are.







