Card security

Cannes restaurants lose thousands of euros to card machine scam

Fraudsters quickly swap the restaurant card machine for their own, meaning that future customer payments go straight into their account

New kind of bank card fraud hits car park payments in France

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of installing boxes on payment terminals that enabled them to use the PIN numbers to withdraw money at a cashpoint several kilometres away

Victims of fraud in France less likely to be reimbursed

An inquiry found victims were now at least 4% less likely to be reimbursed, despite the legal rules for consumer fraud improving this year

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Banks are obliged to check transactions

A man who failed to properly secure his bank card and PIN number and then took several days to report the card’s loss has won a case against his bank after it refused reimbursement for frauds carried out.

Card security

Cannes restaurants lose thousands of euros to card machine scam

New kind of bank card fraud hits car park payments in France

Victims of fraud in France less likely to be reimbursed

Banks are obliged to check transactions

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