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Credit / Debit Card Acceptance on Rise as Indian Banks Push POS Terminals

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Credit card POS Terminals Rise in IndiaIndians are increasingly spending Plastic Money – using Credit / Debit cards as RBIs favorable regulations has helped develop the Eco-system for Banks & Consumers as well. For Banks, Credit Cards has become a profitable portfolio and thus the race began with private banks beginning to be the end points for sale [POS] transaction which helps them keep the 1.65% Merchant Discount Rate they charge to the business establishment.

HDFC Bank began the race for establishing POS terminals and it has reached a whopping 245,842. ICICI Bank has also made a strong

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Skimming Fraud – HDFC Replacing Merchant Terminals – What about Malware Infected Retailers ?

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Malware-Infected-Retail-Card-MachinesHDFC Credit Cards, India’s Largest Issuer of VISA & MasterCard Credit Cards, with a portfolio of 6.4 Mn customers, in its internal investigation has found few Merchant Terminals where security was compromised and is thus replacing the same with newer ones. The Bank did not share the number of swiping machines that will be replaced. HDFC Bank has an installed base of 250,000 merchant terminals across India.

Skimming is the process of extracting Customer & Credit Card information stored on the Magnetic Stripe of the Card. Cards equipped with Chips are far more secure and

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