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Credit Card Data Security: Who’s Responsible? (CIO)

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:28:20 +0000

About a year ago security at Heartland Payment Systems Inc. was breached and information affecting over 100 million credit cards stolen

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Credit Card Data Security: Who’s Responsible? (CIO)

Barclays To Buy Citi’s Italian Credit Card Ops (MalaysiaNews.net)

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:30:21 +0000

LONDON — Barclays said that it will buy the Italian credit card business of Citibank International Bank . Barclays will acquire the business as a going concern which involves the acquisition of appr…

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Barclays To Buy Citi’s Italian Credit Card Ops (MalaysiaNews.net)

Barclays buys Citi’s Italian credit card unit (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:49:00 +0000

British bank Barclays is buying U.S.

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Barclays buys Citi’s Italian credit card unit (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Risks in credit card minimum payment rise (Guardian Unlimited)

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:03:53 +0000

Matt Barrett , the former chairman of Barclays, once remarked he didn’t borrow on credit cards because it is too expensive. How very wise. A government consultation paper suggests a number of measures to curb the worst behaviour by card firms, including banning them raising credit limits without the holder’s consent and clarifying obscure terms and conditions.

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Risks in credit card minimum payment rise (Guardian Unlimited)