The Royal Dutch/Shell Group is moving into the ebusiness market with plans for a European payment card with credit facilities and ecommerce functionality. The system will be based on Shell's existing Euro-Shell payment card, used by haulage and...
Nokia, Visa and pan-Scandinavian online bank Nordea have launched a dual SIM payment system for mobile transactions. The agreement is called the Electronic Mobile Payment Services (EMPS) and all applications required reside inside Nokia's newly...
Essentially the new PCI Data Security Standards formalise a set of good working practices that professional online retailers should already be following. Non-compliance will mean e-tailers will be unable to process transactions with the credit card...
The newly formed Payment Card International (PCI) Security Standards Council will manage the PCI Data Security Standard, first established in January 2005 with the intention of making its implementation more efficient for all parties involved in a...
For example, the industry-enforced PCI-DSS standard for credit card payment handlers specifies conditions such as the application and configuration of personal firewalls. It brings into play challenges such as enforcing best security practice at an...
Retailers handling up to six million Visa transactions in the UK are not subject to an independent audit to check they are compliant with PCI DSS security standards that can block such hacks. Andrew Moloney, security expert at RSA Security, said...