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ATEFI and EAST Join Forces in the Global Fight against
Payment Crime
ATEFI has joined forces with the European ATM Security Team (EAST) 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.
EAST participated at the first annual Latin American Forum on Security in Payment Systems in
Paraguay last November, hosted by Oscar Castellano, ATEFI. Úna Dillon, EAST Development
Director, shared information and data on payment crime activities affecting EAST members in Europe
and around the world. The two organisations have been working together since then.
In his statement about the venture, EAST Executive Director, Lachlan Gunn, said: “EAST is pleased
to increase its global reach through cooperation with ATEFI, creating a greater network for combatting
the threats of payment crime. Today, to further strengthen the relationship, the two organizations
agreed to mutual Associate Membership in order to facilitate the sharing of information on crimes
affecting the payments industry and to help identify global threats.
Over the past 13 years ATM-related payment card fraud has been the major issue faced by all of our
EAST National Members. Logical and malware attacks are now recognized as an increasing threat.
Our National Members, representing 34 countries with a total of over 1.3 million ATMs, welcome this
official working relationship with ATEFI and recognize it of great strategic importance in battling cross
border issues."
Oscar Castellano, ATEFI Executive Director also expressed his vision on this mutual association:
“ATEFI understands this mutual cooperation as a strategic alliance to fight cyber-crime related to
payments. Through this Associate Membership we envision a better understanding of the threats the
industry faces every day at a worldwide scale”.
Mutual Associate Membership allows ATEFI and EAST to exchange strategic data and other nonoperational information.
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ABOUT EAST
Founded in February 2004, EAST is a ‘non-profit’ organisation with members committed to gathering
information from, and disseminating EAST outputs to, ATM deployers and networks within their
countries/regions. EAST National Members represent 34 countries with a total deployment of
1,332,228 ATMs. More information can be found at https://www.european-atm-security.eu
ABOUT ATEFI
ATEFI is the Latin American Association of Operators Electronic Funds Transfer and Information
Services founded twenty years ago. ATEFI represents 25 ATM networks in 18 countries throughout
Latin America, Spain and The United States. More information can be found at http://atefi.org/es/