Visa Australia said today it was moving to chip and PIN technology for all of its credit cards, with signature transactions to be banned by April 2013.
Tough new laws aimed at clamping down on identity fraud are being drafted by the NSW government.
Sydney police have charged two men over what is alleged to be a multi-million dollar credit card fraud racket involving online auction giant eBay.
The Queensland police have charged two people for allegedly conducting a Nigerian scam operation as well as a further four people for using credit cards with skimmed data.
A mass card skimming attack on a Swedish IKEA store has highlighted the dangers Australian consumers face while banks and retailers fight it out over who foots the bill for chip and PIN.
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