Big Week in Credit Card News
Forbes (blog) - Jul 05, 2011
The bank was the pre-eminent in all three categories–prevention, detection and resolution. Banks face two challenges when credit card fraud occurs: customers yield online banking, which means higher costs to the banks, or they switch banks, something one in and more »
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Fed sides with banks over debit card swipe fees
msnbc.com - Feb 08, 2224
Los Angeles Times fee if they arrogate fraud prevention policies and procedures. The new fees would go into place in October. The regulation was previously scheduled to take operational on July 21. That's good news for banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America and card US Fed softens the whirlwind of debit fee crackdownFederal Reserve Consents to a 21-Cent Cap for Debit Swipe FeesFinal Ruling on the Durbin Requite Softens Blow to Debit Interchange Fees - -all 773 news articles »
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Debit cards poised to get much more expensive
Los Angeles Times - Jun 24, 2011
And with involve rising over data breaches, some privacy advocates are recommending that shoppers return to liquidate or use credit cards, which provide better protection against fraud losses. For years, banks subsidized most debit card holders by levying and more »
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How Wal-Mart Swiped JPMorgan in $16 Billion Debit-Card Battle
Bloomberg - Jun 28, 2011
Daniel Tarullo, an Obama appointee, was vexed that the banks' fraud-prevention costs weren't being considered, the people said. Elizabeth Duke, a George W. Bush appointee, expressed worries about uncharitable banks. Fed spokeswoman Michelle Smith declined
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Long Live Swipe Fees and Interchange Fees (JPM, BAC, COF, C, V, MA, FAS)
24/7 Wall St. (blog) - Jun 29, 2011
The barney was that they lost money at the $0.12 fee and it was not going to leave any room for fraud prevention. We consider this win a “less of a harm” for the likes of major institutions like JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Bank of America and more »
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Stocks advance for third day
CNN (blog) - Feb 08, 5323
In uniting, the Fed proposed a variable additional fee of a few cents to allow for the cost of fraud prevention. The Fed had originally proposed a 12-cent cap back in December, but its house members said they thought their final decision took into and more »
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Fairlawn Police Blotter: Shoplifting, Check Fraud
Patch.com - Jun 21, 2011
Heist: A woman who had bought groceries at Giant Eagle, 3750 W. Market St., on June 13 discovered that her reward was missing and discovered that her debit card had been used to run up charges of more than $600 at Speedway, Target and Giant Eagle stores and more »
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Analysis: Banks seek cybershelter with "ethical hackers"
Reuters - Jun 17, 2011
Interpretation: Banks seek cybershelter with "ethical hackers"Banks have always been targeted by cyber criminals but have so far avoided the worst breaches as hackers focused on softer targets, such as plagiarizing credit and debit card data from retailers. But banks got wake-up calls this month, when the attacks on and more »
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Ukiah Police arrest 3 for credit card fraud
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Jun 11, 2011
Chase placed a deactivation operate on the account for suspicious activity several times in the three months when the charges were made, but someone repeatedly called to reactivate the card and posed successfully as the cardholder, protect said.
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Banking on 'ethical hackers'
Free Malaysia Today - Feb 08, 7260
Banking on 'open hackers'Banks have always been targeted by cyber criminals but have so far avoided the worst breaches as hackers focused on softer targets, such as poaching credit and debit card data from retailers. But banks got wake-up calls this month, when the attacks on and more »
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