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Australia’s EMV Roll-out Bites Into Card Fraud
Australia’s EMV Roll-out Bites Into Card Fraud

Payment card fraud statistics are not published by every country, which is one reason why the UK’s statistics are so often reported and quoted, and are used as evidence of the…

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US Merchants Call For Banks To Move To EMV
US Merchants Call For Banks To Move To EMV

With almost every other developed country in the world now moving towards Chip and PIN EMV technology, the United States’ continued use of magnetic stripe cards has looked out…

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Do You Know Whether Your Customer Really Is Who They Say They Are? Help Is At Hand From The Payments Council
Do You Know Whether Your Customer Really Is Who They Say They Are? Help Is At Hand From The Payments Council

Banks are increasingly turning to two-factor authentication to protect their customers from payment fraud. However, deciding on the most appropriate method is not an easy task…

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Why Is Identity Management So Complicated?
Why Is Identity Management So Complicated?

Chris Skinner’s recent comment, ‘Why identity management is…

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Zeus continues to reign on high
Zeus continues to reign on high

News last week that Zeus, a virus that steals online banking details from infected computer users, is more powerful than ever should come as no surprise. The malware…

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The Conundrum Of Offline Certificate Authorities

A common application for hardware security modules (HSMs) is to protect the keys that are associated with a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). At the core of any PKI is the…

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