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The financial press looks at possible ramifications from Jes Staley's attempt to unmask a whistleblower at the British bank; why has the digital currency failed to live up to eight years of hype?

The speed of the crooks and the threat to retailers and customer data is more than enough reason to get aggressive with new identity protections.

After years when it looked like millennials might opt for car-sharing and ride-hailing services over car ownership, recent data tells a different story.

The hype surrounding voice technology, bots and machine learning suggests that artificial intelligence is increasingly common in financial services. But that is not the purist’s view of what AI represents.

Directors take back $75 million more from two former executives and release scathing report on bank's fake accounts scandal; UBS executive sees decade-long wait for transformation.

A recent study concluded that financial advisers accused of misconduct are fired far more often when female, even though missteps cost less on average than those of male counterparts. Researcher Mark Egan explains the double standard.

Given the spike in online fraud that accompanies the chip card migration, there are a lot of new authentication methods. Most of them still rely on information that's not dymanic and vulnerable.

CEO Jes Staley is investigated by British authorities for trying to unmask a bank whistleblower and will take a pay hit; ISS is second consultant to call for voting against Wells directors.

Both standards are confusing and not universally adopted. But both are a necessary baseline to protect merchants and payment companies.

The allowance by some states for companies to incorporate without disclosing beneficial owner information significantly hampers anti-money-laundering efforts and drives up bank costs.