Soft EFT Card Processing News

www.barclaycardmerchantservices.co.uk	BarclayCard Merchant Services
www.co-operativebank.co.uk	Co-operative Bank Merchant Services
www.allianceandleicestercomercialbank.co.uk	Alliance and Leicester Merchant Services (formerly Girobank)
www.ukbusiness.hsbc.com	HSBC Merchant Services
www.lloydstsbcardnet.com	Lloyds TSB Cardnet Merchant Services
www.streamline.com	NatWest / Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Merchant Services
www.americanexpress.co.uk	American Express Merchant Services
www.diners-club.co.uk	Diners Club International

CREDIT CARD - ECOMMERCE ADDITIONAL VERIFICATION SCHEMES Please find below links to the Visa and Mastercard eCommerce schemes for additional card holder security.
www.visaeu.com	Verified by Visa Program
www.mastercardmerchant.com	Mastercard SecureCode

CREDIT CARD - ORGANISATIONS Please find below links to the main organisations such as APACS (Association for Payment Clearing Services), VISA and Mastercard who determine standards and processing requirements for debit/credit cards.
www.apacs.org.uk	APACS (Association for Payment Clearing Services)
www.visa.com	Visa International
www.mastercard.com	Mastercard International - Consumer Information
www.mastercardintl.com	Mastercard International - Corporate Information
www.mastercardeurope.com	Mastercard International - European Corporate Information
www.maestrocard.com	Maestro Debit Card
www.switch.co.uk	Switch Debit Card UK
www.bacs.co.uk	BACS Limited

CREDIT CARD - INFORMATIONAL Sites / specific page links are detailed below that give further information on a variety of credit / debit card issues such as specific card technologies including as chip and pin; user and research groups involved with credit and debit cards; operational, guidance and best practice for accepting card payments.
www.dti.gov.uk	UK DTI Distance Selling and eCommerce information and links
www.apacs.org	eCommerce Aggregation Guidelines - APACS Electronic Commerce Group
www.chipandpin.co.uk	Program Management Organisation for Chip and Pin Implementation
site no longer available	Credit Card Research Group (ceased on 31st December 2003)
www.cardwatch.org.uk	CardWatch - UK Card Fraud (APACS)
www.dti.gov.uk	Electronic Commerce Directive (UK / Europe)
www.visaeu.com	Visa Account Information Security (AIS) Programme (ecommerce security)
www.visaeu.com	Verified by Visa Programme (Europe) (ecommerce security)
www.mastercardmerchant.com	SecureCode MasterCard Programme) (ecommerce security)