[LINK] refusing contactless cards

[Craig Sanders]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 08:53:17AM +1000, Roger Clarke wrote:
> >is there any ACCC or Banking Industry or other regulations I
> >can refer to when I call/write to the bank to save myself a lot
> >of argument with low-level employees who aren't allowed to make
> >decisions.

I got a written response from Bendigo Bank today.  To summarise "our
magic security is really really secure. really truly. and it's so much
easier to buy stuff without a mean old PIN. and if you don't want to use
the paypass 'feature', you don't have to"

in other words: quit whining, you're RFID-tagged whether you like it or
not. just ignore it and pretend it could never be a problem.


> It's been suggested to me that the best option is to get ASIC to force
> optionality through the ePayments Code.
>
> The Banking Industry Ombudsman is generally pretty useless on anything
> of consequence, but it's possible that they may accept this as a
> dispute that they can mediate on.

complaint lodged with FOS a few hours ago.

i mentioned your point about abuse of market power by Visa & MC.


craig

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