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