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Veda Advantage acquires Card Alert and EKKO Guardian business
Acquisition offers consumers a one-stop-shop for world class loss assistance and secure personal registration service
8 March 2010: Veda Advantage today announced its subsidiary business Secure Sentinel has acquired the business and membership base of secure registration service provider Card Alert and its sister company, EKKO Guardian.
Identity Thieves Active Over Christmas Season and Summer Holidays
AUCKLAND, 2 January 2010 - New Zealanders are urged to be especially vigilant over the summer holiday period as identity thieves step up their activities.
New Zealanders Urged to Get Savvy on Credit Card and Mobile Phone Theft
AUCKLAND, 1 December 2009 - New Zealanders are urged to step up their protection of personal items such as credit and eftpos cards and mobile phones as they head into the Christmas and summer holiday season.
New Zealanders get new weapon to protect themselves in the fight against identity theft
17 September 2009: In the US an identity is stolen every two seconds; now identity theft is on the rise in New Zealand too.
Veda Advantage to Acquire Secure Sentinel
21 May 2009: Veda Advantage today announced the proposed acquisition of personal security specialists Secure Sentinel, part of Vero Insurance Limited, a Suncorp Group company.
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