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Credit-card hacking is Americans' top crime worry: poll Credit-card hacking is the number one crime on Americans' worry list, far above getting mugged or murdered.

28 October 2014

It can happen to anyone: Obama's credit card declined Apparently, even the president of the United States can have trouble with his credit card.

18 October 2014

S. Korea vows harsh penalties for data leaks South Korean regulators Wednesday vowed harsh corporate penalties for data theft, as angry customers swamped credit card offices for a third day after 20 million people had their financial information stolen.

22 January 2014

Britain brings in ban on 'rip-off' surcharges A ban on "rip-off" surcharges imposed on credit card spending came into force in Britain on Saturday, meaning traders must ensure that the extra fees reflect genuine processing costs.

06 April 2013

Police bust Australia's biggest credit card scam Australian police said Thursday they had uncovered the country's biggest ever credit card data theft and smashed a Romanian syndicate allegedly behind the scam.

30 November 2012

Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry checking citizenship of those arrested in the U.S. for fraud Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry is checking the citizenship of the two aledgely Kazakh citizens arrested in the U.S. for credit card fraud.

16 January 2012

Two Kazakhstan residents arrested in the U.S. for credit card fraud Two Kazakhstan citizens were arrested in the U.S. on suspicion of credit card fraud.

16 January 2012

Over half of Kazakhstanies use bank cards The number of bank cards holders in Kazakhstan has reached 8.5 million people this year.

30 September 2011

Kazakhstanis steadily shifting from cash to cards Most Kazakhstanis (86.4%) believe cashless payments have the future, according to a recent survey carried out by ISAS Agency on behalf of Visa.

02 September 2011