Australia's AU$90 million per annum credit card fraud bill is too small to force the rollout of chip and PIN card reading technology, says the chief executive of the Australian Payments Clearing Association.
Security researchers from Cambridge University have discovered a way to attack chip and PIN cards -- and warn only Martian cardholders are safe from the exploit.
Westpac Bank is set to improve its security credentials and tackle card swiping scams by issuing credit card holders with chip-embedded smartcards.
Card specialist Visa today launched a "Verified by Visa" authentication service in Australia - but it will do little to improve security unless it is uniformly adopted by merchants.
Australian retailers are sluggishly adopting credit card security standards, according to Citrix chief security officer, Kurt Roemer, but competing standards and proposed amendments to the Privacy Act will cause even greater confusion for them.
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