PIN Debit Transactions on the Rise
First Data Corporation “First Data Study Re-Confirms Debit as the Fastest Growing Payment Method; Transaction Volume Increases When Choice is Offered” DENVER, Aug 01, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Having the option to make payments via PIN or signature debit increases the number of transactions consumers make monthly, according to a recent survey released by First…
Signature Debit Fraud Runs 15 Times Higher Than on PIN Debit
Digital Transactions News Oct. 12, 2005 “Financial institutions lost an estimated $546 million to debit card fraud in 2004, with fraud rates running much higher on signature-based cards than on cards secured with PINs, according to study released this week. Banks lost $345 million in fraud committed on ATMs, while fraud on signature-debit cards cost…
Why More Merchants Are Adopting PIN Debit
Digital Transaction News April 4, 2004 “Debit cards linked to personal identification numbers are slowly but surely penetrating more and more merchant locations, and as a result PIN debit transactions will begin to overtake transactions on signature-based debit cards within five years, says an analyst at Speer & Associates Inc., Atlanta, who has studied the…