European Association for Secure Transactions
Acronym: EAST
General Information
Identification Code: 480357824530-10
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Entity Form: Company Limited by Guarantee
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 11/16/2016
Last Update: 4/1/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: Founded in 2004, EAST is a ‘non-profit’ organisation whose members gather information from, and share EAST outputs with Terminal deployers (ATM, SST & POS) and networks within their countries/regions. EAST is a cross-border working group, linking industry security professionals with international law enforcement agencies and prosecutors.
Our mission is to gather and provide information to the payments industry and to facilitate effective representation of payment and terminal related security issues at relevant European central institutions, through a pan-European co-ordination of security resources.
EAST has set up a framework network structure to improve co-operation with industry, law enforcement, and other key parties
In 2015 the European Police Office (Europol) Europol and EAST signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalise their working relationship. EAST participates in Europol's Advisory Group - Financial Services.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Banking and financial services
- Business and industry
- Communication
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- International co-operation and development
Levels of Interest:
- european
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: EAST attends the European Commission’s (EC’s) Payment Systems Market Expert Group (PSMEG) with observer status.
The PSMEG’s objective is to advise the EC in the area of payments and to assist the EC in the preparation of legislative acts or policy initiatives regarding payments, including fraud prevention issues related to payment industry and users.
Communication Activities: EAST seeks the opinions of its members on key topics and questions considered by the European Commission’s (EC’s) Payment Systems Market Expert Group (PSMEG) and feeds them back to the PSMEG at its meetings.
EAST organises:
Biennial global Financial Crime and Security Forums
Tri-annual Global Congress Meetings
Tri-annual meetings of the EAST Expert Group on All Terminal Fraud
Bi-annual meetings of the EAST Expert Group on ATM & ATS Physical Attacks
Tri-annual meetings of the EAST Expert Group on Payment and Transaction Fraud
EAST publishes:
Biannual European Payment Terminal Crime Reports
Tri-annual European Fraud Updates
Ad-hoc Guidelines and Advice for the Industry and Law Enforcement
Ad-hoc Fraud Alerts
Ad-hoc Physical Attack Alerts
Ad-hoc Payment Alerts
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Euro Cash Advisory Group#E00261#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=261 #MEMBER #C#Finance#Industry#SMEs
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 3 Walker Street
Post Code: EH3 7JY
City: Edinburgh
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office
Address: Woods HouseCannon Street
Post Code: A82 RF86
City: County Meath
Country: IRELAND
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 3
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 1
Members: 5
Members F T E: 1.600000023841858
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.association-secure-transactions.eu/about-east/directory-national-members/
https://www.association-secure-transactions.eu/about-east/east-global-members-list/
Organisation Members: https://www.association-secure-transactions.eu/east-atefi-join-forces-global-fight-payment-crime/
https://www.association-secure-transactions.eu/east-aseanapol-formalise-collaboration/
https://www.association-secure-transactions.eu/east-and-fs-isac-join-forces-to-help-combat-fraud-with-cyber-threat-intelligence/