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PAYMENTSNEWS
ORANGE AND
BUTLINS UPDATES
X Internet users
in the UK now
BARCLAYCARD
PAYMENT SYSTEMS
have the option
of using VeriSign
IN MOBILE
Identity Protection
PAYMENTS DEAL
B
utlins Holiday Resorts has
(VIP) on their
commissioned a chip and
PayPal account
PIN package to help keep
as an extra layer
holidaymakers smiling, whatever the
of security to
weather.
protect their online
identity. VeriSign is
Acting as high traf� c retail villages,
enabling PayPal’s
plus concerns over the cost of
customers to log in
staying Payment Card Industry (PCI)
to their accounts
standards compliant, Butlins-owner,
by receiving a
the Bourne Leisure Group turned to
one-time password
via text message
Orange UK and Barclaycard have
Commidea reseller, The Opus group,
(PayPal SMS
announced a long-term strategic
for a versatile card payment processing IT bills associated with maintaining its
Security Key) or
partnership to target a combined solution. own servers.
by using a security
customer base of 28 million through Working across all three Butlins “The install process was very
token (PayPal
the development of a range of
sites – Minehead, Skegness and Bognor smooth and most importantly
Security Key).
� nancial and payment services for
Regis – Opus replaced a total of 85 the service to our guests was not
mobile devices.
dated swipe-and-sign terminals with affected,” commented Butlins’ Ian
Customers will be able to use
Commidea’s Ocius for PCs credit and Cross. “The software is very intuitive
their mobiles to pay for goods and
debit card payment processing system. and our team embraced the change.
services at retailers using near � eld
communication (NFC) technology,
Backed by the reassurance of It’s rare to install a system without
provided by MasterCard that requires
Commidea’s fully managed PCI Data signi� cant teething troubles.”
them to wave their handset near
Security Standards (DSS) compliant In addition, its web-based reporting
a reader, rather likes Barclaycard’s
card processing system, Bourne system allows the group to access
existing contactless credit cards and Leisure also no longer has to hold all transactional data from the till through
combined Transport for London Oyster card data on-site or foot the costly to the back of� ce and head of� ce.
card.
The partnership is also looking to
expand into other contactless services MONSOON ACCESSORIZE
within ticketing, transport and rewards,
while also enabling new mobile alert, LOOKS TO PROTECT MARGINS
X Qualys, of
servicing and banking applications.
on-demand IT
It is developing the technology to
Fashion clothing retailer Monsoon Accessorize has chosen LossManager data
security risk
ensure sensitive data is encrypted in
mining software from IDM to help improve its loss prevention ef� ciency and
and compliance
the chip for the mobile’s SIM card and
protect margins from erosion due to internal, external fraud and process abuse.
management
communications between the mobile
LossManager allows retailers to analyse data across their entire estate,
solutions provider
and service provider are secured. In integrating information from multiple sources, including the supply chain, CCTV
has published
addition, the operator is offering to and electronic article surveillance (EAS), and promoting collaborative working
“PCI Compliance
protect access to all sensitive services
with other retail departments to quickly pinpoint and tackle losses.
for Dummies” in
through entering a secret code.
conjunction with
Richard Lawrance, head of audit and loss prevention at Monsoon Accessorize
publisher John
Antony Jenkins, Barclaycard chief
recognised the need to enhance their current loss prevention strategy by
Wiley & Sons. The
executive commented: “There has
implementing a powerful data mining tool; but one that was simple to use and
book is designed
been a lot of talk about mobile
allowed him and his team to quickly focus on actionable information, rather
to be the � rst
payments and now it’s going to
accessible, easy-
become a reality. I believe that all our
than have to manually sift through exception reports.
to-read written
UK customers will be able to use their
Lawrance said: “The ability to combine a variety of sources of information
guide designed to
mobile phones to pay for everyday
into a Loss Prevention dashboard provides us with a valuable holistic view and
educate merchant
items within three years.”
will certainly aid resource management. Our retail operations team is also
organisations
Research published last month enthusiastic about being able to use it for their needs.”
about Payment
by payment systems vendor, Ingenico He added: “I am expecting that we will see quick ROI [return on investment],
Card Industry (PCI)
Data Security
found UK consumers were enthusiastic
purely out of the improved ef� ciency and, though we will be targeting the
Standards (DSS),
about the idea of contactless and
solution initially on the identi� cation of fraud, we will quickly turn our attention
which are now
mobile payments. But adoption still
to the larger prize of identifying costly process-related losses.”
a mandatory
had some way to go, where only 13
requirement for
per cent had already used contactless companies that
prepaid cards, while eight per cent had
For more on the latest deals and trends in the payments and fraud
store, process, or
used contactless credit and debit cards.
prevention technology market, see this month’s feature starting on page 14.
transmit payment
cardholder data.
RETAIL TECHNOLOGY MARCH 2009
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