Tagged: Credit Cards & News
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Tech start-up of the week: WorldNet News
20.05.2012 This week our tech start-up to watch is WorldNet. Around since 2008, it has come up with a new tech innovation called Payjack to allow small businesses accept credit card...Tags: Start-ups, Credit Cards, API, E-commerce, Mobile, SME, Enterprise Ireland, iPhone, iPad, Android -
Rise in fake job ads, e-commerce sites seeking personal data News
02.05.2012 There has been an increase in false job adverts, fraudulent websites offering cheap goods and other schemes online to trick people into sharing their personal and banking... -
Hackers get away with 1.5m credit card numbers in US News
02.04.2012 An attack by hackers on credit-card processing giant Global Payments saw hackers make away with numbers and information relating to up to 1.5m credit-card accounts. -
Bank of America sells Carrick-on-Shannon facility, saves 250 jobs News
21.03.2012 Bank of America Europe Card Services has sold its credit card operation for the Irish market in Carrick-on-Shannon to Apollo, which will save 250 jobs. -
MasterCard to create 130 new jobs at global technology HQ in Dublin News
15.02.2012 More than 130 new technology jobs are to be created at MasterCard’s new technology operations, which will be headquartered in Dublin. The highly skilled jobs will be created... -
Google Wallet keeps too much data unencrypted - study News
13.12.2011 A study from digital forensics and security firm viaForensics found that NFC payment app Google Wallet kept too much data unencrypted, such as transaction history and credit... -
Irish shoppers to spend €257m online for Christmas as Cyber Monday kicks off News
28.11.2011 Irish consumers could spend €257m online on presents for Christmas, with each person spending €155 on average, according to research released for Cyber Monday, the busiest... -
The digital business week News
14.11.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Online gaming platform Steam has been hacked News
11.11.2011 Hackers have accessed online gaming site Steam's database, which has user names, credit cards, email addresses and billing addresses. No evidence of credit card misuse has been... -
100 jobs to be cut at credit-card facility News
07.11.2011 One hundred people are to lose their jobs at Bank of America's credit card division MBNA in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim. -
Visa earnings rise 14pc News
27.10.2011 Visa cardholders using their credit and debit cards more often boosted Visa's fiscal fourth-quarter profit by 14pc, the payments network reported. -
Malware hits one in four computer users in Ireland News
04.10.2011 One in four Irish computer users has had their computer crashed or otherwise damaged by viruses or malware, while one in five has had their computer infected or data stolen,... -
MasterCard earnings jump 32.8pc News
03.08.2011 An increase in customer spending boosted credit card giant MasterCard's second-quarter profit by 33pc. -
Increased credit-card spending boosts Visa's profit News
28.07.2011 A rise in customers' credit-card spending bumped Visa Inc's third-quarter profit by 40pc -
The digital business week News
11.07.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Web, Telecommunications, Security, Media, Internet, Financial Services, Financial, eCommerce, Communications -
Anonymous takes down MasterCard site again News
28.06.2011 Loose hacktivist collective Anonymous took down the MasterCard website again for two hours in continuing protests against the company blocking funds to WikiLeaks. -
Data Protection Commissioner to prosecute phone scammers News
17.06.2011 The Data Protection Commissioner plans to bring prosecutions against individuals found to be involved in the current spate of internet scams where ordinary individuals are being... -
3V's latest partnership will help it expand to Spain News
02.06.2011 3V has made a partnership agreement with Spanish transaction company Disashop, expanding the pre-paid Visa voucher product across 13,000 points in Spain. -
New email scam targets BoI credit card customers News
25.05.2011 Scammers have come up with a new trick aimed at parting Bank of Ireland customers from their credit card details and PIN numbers by taking advantage of heightened awareness... -
Another hacking incident hits Sony News
03.05.2011 Just days after it admitted to a huge security breach, during which a hacker stole information belonging to up to 77m PlayStation users, Sony Corporation has said another of its...