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House burglaries are on the rise and the banking sector and cash distribution industry consider the risks. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Experts warn of security threats brought by load-shedding

House burglaries are on the rise and the banking sector and cash distribution industry consider the risks

Sabric stays mum on R42m Postbank heist

The South African Banking Risk Information Centre says it is unable to comment on the recent hi-tech cyber heist of R42-million from the Postbank.

Bank client robberies on the rise

Robberies targeting bank clients withdrawing large amounts of cash have increased, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre has said.

‘Phishing’ expeditions on the increase

The number of schemes to fraudulently obtain information from internet banking users has grown, the SA Banking Risk Information Centre says.

Card fraud continues to hit banking industry

Credit card fraud continues to hit South Africa’s banking industry, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre said on Monday.

Increase in credit-card fraud ‘frightening’

Credit-card fraud cost SA R420-million in the past year and has increased by 146%, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre says.

ATM bombers: the pros move in

So futile and low-tech was the exercise back in 2004 that just five attacks using explosives took place countrywide in that year.

Tax-refund scam hits consumers

Con-artists posing as South African Revenue Service (Sars) officials are trying to take tax refunds back from an unsuspecting public, the South African Banking Risk Information…

ATM crime explodes in South Africa

Eight ATMs have been bombed in South Africa in less than a week, an escalating trend that has become a nearly daily offence in the crime-ridden country, police said on Monday.…

The greedy and their money are easily parted

In one day I received three emails telling me I had won money: the first, from international payment company PayPal, informed me that someone I had never heard of had paid me…