ATEFI

EAST Development Director Rui Carvalho presented at the ATEFI Security Committee on 30th April 2021, a virtual event.  The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has made it more important than ever for the sharing of threat intelligence to strengthen security strategies in Electronic Payments.  The event focussed on both physical and cyber security.  Rui shared key information and statistics from the latest EAST Payment Terminal Crime Report, as well as insights from the 9th Meeting of the EAST Payments Task Force (EPTF) held on 14th April 2021.  He covered:

  • ATM Malware & Logical Attacks
  • Terminal Related Fraud
  • ATM Physical Attacks
  • Payment Fraud (social engineering, ransomware, e-skimming)

The event was attended by public officials, law enforcement agencies, regulatory entities, representatives of international organisations, Managers and Network Security Officials, ATEFI Members from the entire LATAM region and Spain, as well as bank officials, representatives of the Latin American Bank Associations, Credit and Debit Card executives, and specialised media.

ATEFI is the Latin American Association of Operators Electronic Funds Transfer and Information Services and represents 20 ATM networks in 14 countries throughout Latin America.

In May 2016 EAST and ATEFI joined forces in order to further strengthen cross border cooperation in combating all types of payment crime including payment card fraud, hi-tech crime and ATM cyber and physical attacks.