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Portas towns and contactless card payments

One year on from the launch of the Portas towns, Aasmah Mir examines how vacancy rates have changed.

There are now thirty-four million contactless payment cards in the UK. There's probably one in your wallet or purse. We examine whether people are using them and assess the security risks. There's the second part of our series looking at the Portas towns - today we're concentrating on shop vacancy rates. We have exclusive access to the Financial Ombudsman as we look at the scale of the PPI industry. Plus, the story of the woman who lost 拢64 000 to scammers claiming to be FBI agents.

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55 minutes

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Thu 30 May 2013 12:00

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Chapters

  • Continuous Payment Authorities

    A warning from Citizen鈥檚 Advice about continuous payment authorities.

    Duration: 09:57

  • Scale of PPI

    We are given exclusive access to the Financial Ombudsman to see the scale of PPI claims

    Duration: 08:10

  • 拢64 000 scam

    The woman who fell victim to a 拢64 000 online scam

    Duration: 09:07

  • European Health Insurance Cards

    European Commission has launched legal proceedings against Spain in regards to EHICs

    Duration: 02:45

  • Portas towns

    The latest in our series looking at the Portas towns which launched a year ago.

    Duration: 07:51

  • Device Tracking

    Technology is letting the victims of tech theft to quickly discover where their items are

    Duration: 06:12

  • Energy Switch

    If you switched your energy account from one of the big six to First Utility, we have news

    Duration: 06:22

  • Contactless cards safety

    We visit the academics testing the safety of contactless cards

    Duration: 10:17

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  • Thu 30 May 2013 12:00
  • Thu 30 May 2013 12:04

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