Carder 'BadB' Charged in $9 Million ATM Heist - Wired News

Carder 'BadB' Charged in $9 Million ATM Heist
Wired News
... one of the biggest sellers of “dumps” (account and other data stored on a bank card's magnetic stripe) and had been a card seller for about eight years. ...

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Advice on Using Credit Cards While Traveling Abroad - New York Times


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Advice on Using Credit Cards While Traveling Abroad
New York Times
In those cases, Americans with magnetic stripe cards usually have to wait in line to pay with cash or have a clerk swipe their cards. ...

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The Fed Gets Involved with EMV - Bank Technology News

The Fed Gets Involved with EMV
Bank Technology News
If the US government mandated the switch to digital TV, why can't it mandate that credit and debit card issuers switch from magnetic stripe ...

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Safe Card ID Now Offering Evolis Printer and ID Card Software - Online PR News (press release)

Safe Card ID Now Offering Evolis Printer and ID Card Software
Online PR News (press release)
When standard photo ID cards are augmented with magnetic stripe encoding, they can be used with special access door locks and time clocks for increased ...
Safe Card ID Offers HID Proximity Cards Online PR News (press release)

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Why you should use your smartphone as your credit card - NetworkWorld.com

Why you should use your smartphone as your credit card
NetworkWorld.com
... debit or a gift card -- is much more secure than using a regular plastic credit card with a magnetic stripe (magstripe) on the back, according to Morea. ...

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New Multi-Application Visa Prepaid Card Debuts at Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic ... - MarketWatch (press release)

New Multi-Application Visa Prepaid Card Debuts at Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... Bank introduced the Visa Pay ID Card, allowing cardholders to use a single card for traditional magnetic stripe purchases, Visa payWave(R) transactions, ...

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What does it cost to get a credit card in your pocket? - CreditCards.com


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What does it cost to get a credit card in your pocket?
CreditCards.com
PROCESSING -- 27 cents: Here, the magnetic stripe is encoded with account information, the card is embossed with a name, account number and expiration date, ...

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Dynamic Card Solutions Signs 550th Customer - NewsBlaze

Dynamic Card Solutions Signs 550th Customer
NewsBlaze
... EMV and magnetic stripe cards. For additional information, call +1 303-754-2000 or visit the Dynamic Card Solutions website at www.instantissuance.com.

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Up-and-coming mobile technologies raise payment security concerns - InternetRetailer.com

Up-and-coming mobile technologies raise payment security concerns
InternetRetailer.com
These include: face-to-face acceptance of payments facilitated by mobile devices, such as smartphones equipped with magnetic stripe card readers; ...

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Visa Guidance Targets Slipshod Payment Card Software Practices - Digital Transactions


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Visa Guidance Targets Slipshod Payment Card Software Practices
Digital Transactions
... the US card industry into rolling out the EMV chip, an expensive but much more secure technology for protecting card data than the magnetic stripe. ...
Commidea Ocius Sentinel gains PA-DSS certification Finextra

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This Day In History

Melbourne: Australian city named for British prime minister Lord Melbourne was founded (1835)

Quote of the day

"To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time."

by Leonard Bernstein