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News (6)

• Westpac to serve chips with its credit cards

  Westpac Bank is set to improve its security credentials and tackle card swiping scams by issuing credit card holders with chip-embedded smartcards.

• Bank card attack: Only Martians are safe

  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.

• Visa makes 'use once' password cards

  Two cards containing microprocessors that generate one-time passwords are being touted to Australian banks as possible replacements for tokens and passwords delivered by SMS and one is already being trialled by Visa.

• AU$90m card fraud bill too little to force chip and PIN

  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.

• NAB splashes out AU$100m on Windows ATMs

  National Australia Bank is overhauling its network of 1600 ATMs to run on Windows XP and Internet protocol networks.

Features and Case Studies (2)

• Analysis: CommBank alone on voice biometrics

  The Commonwealth Bank stands alone as the only top tier bank in Australia with its sights on biometrics as a means to improve security for its customers -- but critics say the technology is still too young.

• Smart cards: Coming up trumps

  What's holding back smart cards from widespread use in Australia? Could it be that vendors haven't found the applications consumers really want?

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