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CFPB Arbitration Plan May Face Legal Challenge; Bitcoin 'Creator' Bows Out

Multifactor authentication is high on the list of payment security requirements, including new standards from PCI. For any company on the fence on adding stronger authentication, there's plenty of examples of what can go wrong with basic identity management.

Ellen Alemany stays the course on CIT's turnaround strategy; Robin Rankin of Credit Suisse talks about when investment banks should re-enter emerging markets; and Sallie Krawcheck talks about the opportunity for career women to become entrepreneurs.

Requirements that banks share anti-money-laundering information should extend to fraud and cyber risks, to connect the dots between bad actors and their transfer of money.

Students with excess cash but no bank account have fallen victim to predatory financial vendors, but the government can take steps to bypass the middleman.

CFPB Set to End Mandatory Arbitration for Consumers

A recent spate of cyber-attacks leveraging POS (Point-of-Sale) malware against big retailers is drawing attention to a relatively new malware strain called "multigrain."

The hits that alternative lenders like OnDeck Capital are taking shouldn't be a surprise for an industry built on unsustainable business models.

With agencies created by the Dodd-Frank Act embroiled in court battles and continued questions dealing with "too big to fail," can anyone honestly say the reform law is working?

Prosper's Layoffs Show Marketplace Lender Backlash