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Pakistani techies stealing European credit card data

By Fatima Tassaduq • Oct 13th, 2008 • Category: Misc

European law-enforcement officials have uncovered a highly-sophisticated credit-card fraud that funnels account data to Pakistan from hundreds of grocery-store card machines across Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported quoting the US intelligence officials and other people familiar with the case.
Specialists say the theft technology is the most advanced they have seen, and a person close [...]



Counter Fee (Repeat Post)

By The Pakistani Spectator • May 7th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Banks have levied counter fee since few months on cash payments on their counters, may be it is on the instruction of State Bank of Pakistan. In case of credit cards banks are already adding service charges & credit cover premium. In case of car & other loans banks are bound by the agreement that [...]