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PCI compliance can't solve all security problems. EMV, encryption are all necessary to protect merchants from data breaches, writes Jeff Zimmerman, COO of Clearent.

Banks and credit unions are sharing more information with third parties these days, but they need to be cautious about it.

Financial institutions are sharing more information with third parties these days, but they must be cautious about it.

This update will be an immense help to the broader payments industry in the ongoing adoption of cloud computing by organizations subject to PCI compliance obligations, writes Dan Stocker, practice director of commercial services for cloud and technology at Coalfire.

Banks struggle to make their websites and apps a destination rather than a utility. Analyst Jacob Jegher offers some ideas for building digital relationships.

Two recent central bank proposals may exacerbate problems with the agency’s capital surcharge for big banks.

Bill to end the guidance intended to fight discriminatory lending now goes to the House; card company’s push to make more loans to customers pays dividends.

Financial institutions providing funds via the Fed's same-day ACH transfers need to their systems protect their customers, are commercially reasonable and, most important, follow strictly the protocols the financial institution has agreed to with its customer, writes Alexander Buchanan, counsel at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP.

Many of Treasury’s recommendations for modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act would help financial institutions, not low-income communities.

NAFCU's Dan Berger fires back after CUNA CEO Jim Nussle criticized the rival trade group in a recent op-ed.