The future now seems brighter for the people living in remote villages from India, due to a new generation of solar-powered ATMs, currently considered one of the most trust-worthy inventions involving renewable power.
Unlike other gadgets powered by alternative energy that only look awesome, this concept is truly u... |
5 January 2012
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Gabriella Graham, a 21-year-old woman, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in front of a judge, after prosecutors found her to be part of a gang of crooks that installed skimming devices at ATMs belonging to banks in southern New England.
A number of 11 banks and a credit union were target... |
21 December 2011
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Police investigators discovered that fraudsters started relying on carefully placed gadgets that utilize rat glue to trap cash while it’s being redrawn from automated teller machines. Since banks began implementing better security solutions that prevent crooks from installing skimming devices, they started usi... |
28 November 2011
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Intuit has announced a new iPhone application – a personal finance tool that works directly with the free Quicken Online service, tracking your spending and helping you know where to save. The app also boasts a built-in, GPS-enabled ATM Finder and points you to the closest ATM from your own bank, so you don&rsq... |
5 May 2009
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MasterCard Worldwide has announced the availability of its first iPhone app, in a series of free applications that MasterCard is developing specifically for iPhone and iPod touch. MasterCard ATM Hunter, immediately available for free download via the App Store, works in the favor of the user by locating the nearest A... |
16 April 2009
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The largest flashmob heist ever recorded took place on November 8th, when dozens of so-called cashers from all around the globe took to their local ATMs and withdrew over $9 million from payroll cards owned by a company called RBS WorldPay, whose computer system was cracked by a very skilled hacker. The crime was orc... |
7 February 2009
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The CEO of the fourth largest bank in the UK discovered an identity theft that cost him several thousands of pounds, as the Daily Mail reports. Andy Hornby was on vacation when a person in the staff of HBOS, the bank he manages, told him that his account had been frozen, because of some unusual transactions that had ... |
22 August 2008
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Asustek's tiny Eee PC can hardly be regarded as a fierce tool of hacking, given the fact that it's more of a toy than a fully-fledged computer. Of course, behind the eye-candy shell, you can still find a computer to give you all the features of modern PCs.A group of tech-savvy thieves decided that they coul... |
23 April 2008
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Meet the A generation credit card. It looks futuristic enough to make me think of "Sliders". But, besides that, the device incorporates a 12-button keyboard, has a built-in tiny microprocessor and reveals an embedded ATM-like alphanumeric display. In addition, it promises to provide unprecedented security in phone an... |
25 October 2007
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Credit cards (namely, plastic money) are becoming increasingly popular around the world, as they make transactions a lot simpler and also allow users to feel much safer by not carrying large amounts of cash with them at all times. And taking into consideration this trend, it's only natural for parents to want to... |
10 September 2007
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Nowadays most companies use only credit card and numbered accounts in order to pay their employees and cash payments are growing rarer by the day. One problem that arises from this approach is the identity theft or the loss of valuable information like PIN numbers and so on.A number of hardware companies tried, with ... |
24 July 2007
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