Bank chief information security officers are increasing cybersecurity spending and focusing on mobile banking defense and regulators' cyber concerns, a SourceMedia Research survey finds.

Using methods akin to fighting external hacking can also address risks of employees committing legal or ethical lapses.

Lawmakers investigating a slate of cybersecurity breaches at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. have accused agency staff of purposefully muddying the waters in an effort to evade Congressional scrutiny.

Offering a new product or considering a merger may boost returns, but the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency says changes in strategy can be risky.

Big banks were seen as winners in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but their support for the pact is in question as a result of their treatment in a data-related provision.

Bankers, fintech entrepreneurs, regulators and other financial services players gathered in New Orleans last week to discuss the future of the industry at American Banker's Digital Banking 2016 conference. Here are some of the highlights of the conference. For more, check out the hashtag #digibank16 on Twitter.

Even though cybersecurity jobs can offer six-figure salaries, generous signing bonuses and other perks, banks are struggling to find people to hire.

The sheer volume of data that collected by Internet-connected "things" — cars, homes, wearable devices, and yes, refrigerators — could help deepen banks' relationships with customers. But it also adds more avenues for security breaches and raises privacy concerns.

As sexy as decentralized systems and automation are these days, human involvement is still necessary in many areas.

If banks don't weigh in on an appropriate privacy standard, they risk letting outside events spark onerous new regulations.