European Association for Secure Transactions
Budget
€100 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
5
1.45 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & 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.
EU Legislative Interests
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
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
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/
Organisation Members
https://www.association-secure-transactions.eu/about-east/directory-national-members/ https://www.association-secure-transactions.eu/about-east/east-global-members-list/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.