Useful links

These are a number of sites dealing with further information and resources about chip and PIN, including industry technical standards, and advice and information from industry-wide organisations. The links on this page will click through to the organisations website.

Banking And Payments Trade Associations

• APACS the UK payments association
• British Bankers' Association

Payment Card Schemes

• Mastercard
• VISA
• Maestro
• Solo
• American Express
• Diners Club

Acquirers or Merchant Service Providers

• Allied Irish
• American Express Merchant Services
• Bank of Scotland
• Barclaycard Business
• Cardnet
• Euroconex
• Girocard
• HSBC
• National Australia Group - Clydesdale Bank
• National Australia Group - Yorkshire Bank
• Streamline Merchant Services

Retail Trade Associations

• British Retail Consortium
• British Shops and Stores Association
• UK Petroleum Industry Association
• Association of British Travel Agents
• Association of Convenience Stores
• British Oil Securities Syndicate
• Builders Merchants Federation
• Petrol Retailers Association
• Radio, Electrical & Television Retailers Association
• British Beer and Pub Association
• British Hospitality Association
• British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association

Disability Representation

• Disability Rights Commission
• Centre for Accessible Environments
• Royal National Institute of the Blind
• National Register of Access Consultants
• Royal National Institute of the Deaf

Consumer

• National Consumer Council
• Which
• Citizens Advice

Card issuers

• Abbey
• Alliance and Leicester
• Allied Irish
• American Express
• Arab Bank
• Bank of England
• Bank of Ireland
• Barclays
• Britannia Building Society
• Capital One
• Chelsea Building Society
• C.Hoare & Co
• Citibank
• Citicards
• Co-operative Bank
• Coutts
• Coventry Building Society
• Derbyshire Building Society
• EGG
• GE Capital
• HFC
• HSBC
• Liverpool Victoria
• Lloyds TSB
• Marks and Spencer Financial Services
• MBNA
• Morgan Stanley
• National Australia Group - Clydesdale Bank
• National Australia Group - Yorkshire Bank
• National Australia Group - Northern Bank
• Nationwide
• Natwest
• Northern Rock
• Royal Bank of Scotland Group
• Standard Chartered Bank
• Ulster Bank

Government

• Home Office
• Parliament
• Scottish Parliament
• Trading Standards
• The Consumer Gateway
• Home Office Crime Reduction
• Business Link

General

• EMVCo
• National Police
• Metropolitan Police
• Business Crime Check
• banksafeonline
• getsafeonline
• CIFAS, the UK's Fraud Prevention Service
• Card Watch
• UK Fraud Prevention Service
• Crime Concern
• Crimestoppers
• Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit
• Federation of Communication Services
• Forum of Private Business
• Fraud Reduction (Association of Chief Police Officers)
• Telecommunications UK Fraud Forum
• Link (cash machines)

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