May 21, 2013 - Logicalis, the international IT solutions and managed services provider, today announced that it has met a set of PCI DSS compliance standards for its multi-tenanted Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform, enabling UK customers to confidently adopt its cloud and data centre services as part of their wider PCI DSS compliance programmes.

May 16, 2013 - The Anti-Phishing Working Group is calling for a global, co-ordinated response to the threat posed by mobile malware and an emerging underground criminal marketplace lured by an expansion in m-payments and banking.

April 23, 2013 - One year on after introducing new Tiering Criteria, Chaps (which processes real-time, high value, guaranteed sterling payments), has reviewed how the changes have reduced risks within this key payment system, which is critical to the economic infrastructure.

April 16, 2013 - American supermarket chain Schnucks says that around 2.4 million cards may have been compromised by a data breach which saw crooks install malware on its systems.

March 26, 2013 - The UK government is preparing to bring in a utility-style regulator for retail payment systems, putting an end to the current practice of industry self-policing.

March 12, 2013 - US retailer Genesco is suing Visa to recover more than £13 million in penalties it was hit with for a 2010 data breach.

February 1, 2013 - It is now exactly one year to go until banks, businesses and every other organisation across Europe has to migrate to the single euro payments area (SEPA) harmonised payment standards, yet only 30% of credit transfers and 2% of direct debits are currently SEPA-compliant, says a new survey from Experian.