Opinions

Despite some growing support for central banks issuing digital currencies, the practice raises important privacy concerns and questions about the structure of the banking system.

Even if used to decorate your home with ideas before you purchase anything, the technology will completely change your perspective on reality-altering technology, writes Michael Volkmann, an entrepreneur who focuses on business operations and finance.

Financial institutions would be wise to use the end of 2018 as an opportunity to ensure their cyber defenses are beefed up for new threats next year.

Despite what we assume are dedicated efforts to protect customer’s personal information, hackers are finding the loopholes in businesses’ process and technology data protection life cycle. It happened with Target in 2013, the Home Depot in 2014, and many others since, writes Todd Feinman, co-founder and chief product officer of Spirion.

Even the best technologies take time, making it necessary to rein in expectations about what will happen and won't happen in the coming year.

Names, email, encrypted passwords and information related to Facebook and other networks are all at risk, according to Marty Puranik, CEO of Atlantic.Net.

Utilizing AI and automation will help stop hackers and reduce repetitive jobs, allowing institutions to save money and reinvest more into products for members.

Blockchain looks set to disrupt the gaming industry, and enable a new way for players and developers to interact with gaming platforms, writes Nicolas Gilot, Co-CEO of Ultra.

When so many users trust large companies like Google with their personal data, it's up to these companies to disclose any compromise of the data security as early as possible, writes Aman Khanna, vice president of products for ThumbSignIn.

Web attacks spike around the holidays, creating a higher risk for malware, phishing and other crime, according to Ryan Wilk, vice president of customer success for NuData Security, a Mastercard company.