Beware: Visa cards under fraud

Platte Valley Bank customers have been affected by information injury at a national payment processing center.

The VISA Fraud Control & Investigations has been notified that a confirmed network incursion has put VISA account numbers at risk. VISA alerted Platte Valley Bank on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. On Thursday morning, January 22nd, 388 of Platte Valley Bank’s Debit Card customers have been affected. That was classified as a “Brick & Mortar 3rd Party Processor”. 

This incident involves confirmed unauthorized access to a U.S. 3RD party processor’s authorization system of signature-based and PIN-based transaction information, that includes cardholder name, expiration date, account numbers and some encrypted PIN blocks.

Alerted by the VISA notification and its high risk level, Platte Valley Bank made the decision and took immediate steps to block the cards affected, to prevent fraud and protect its cardholders. Platte Valley Bank began notifying its VISA Debit Card customers of the data breach and status of their cards. New cards will be issued upon receipt of application from those customers affected.