eBay is banning the use of money transfer providers such as Western Union and MoneyGram in a bid to prevent online fraud.
The auction site is working with the Metropolitan Police, and from mid-January it is unlikely that any police investigation will take place into eBay fraud cases where a money transfer service has been [...]

A world record auction price has just been paid at Bonham’s Design sale for a vase by the renowned ceramicist, Sally Tuffin - titled ‘March of the Penguins’ - the vase sold for £15,720, over six times its high estimate and smashed the previous record for a Honey Bee Jar and Cover which fetched [...]

The device used to take the fingerprints of the Irish martyrs executed after the 1916 Rising is going under the hammer this week.The ink press housed in its original wooden casket is clearly identified by a metal memorial plaque listing each of the 14 martyrs that were executed.The historical piece is set to go for [...]

According to the BBC, eBay’s director of trust and safety Gareth Griffiths admitted to “extreme growth” in the number of account hijacking and fraud incidents during 2005, and another company spokesperson refused to deny that the number of compromised and hijacked accounts might number in the tens of thousands.
Naturally enough, the BBC’s reporting focuses on [...]

Plans for the eight-acre retail complex have been lodged with Limerick City Council by a Belfast developer. When the centre opens in two years’ time, pending planning permission, it will employ more than 1,000 staff in a shopping area covering 300,000sq ft. Belfast company Regeneration Developments Ltd, headed by Indian businessman Suneil Sharma, is behind [...]