Data security

Account takeover (ATO) fraud currently drives the largest fraud losses at North American financial institutions within digital channels, according to a new report from Aite Group and Early Warning, the bank organization that operates the Zelle payment network brand. And according to data from RSA, phishing remains a vital part of this scam.

Our phones are rapidly becoming a massive single point of failure in our digital lives.

Kevin Jenkins, former managing director of Visa U.K. and Ireland, joined the board of London-based fintech Nuggets to oversee business development for the blockchain-based security provider as it enters the massive mobile payments market in Asia.

One community bank decided it can build closer relationships with business clients by hosting events to help them learn how to fortify their cyberdefenses.

Financial institutions are hoping to get ahead of the growing and seemingly insurmountable problem of payment card fraud not just by looking at who cyber-attackers are going after currently but who they are likely to defraud in the near future.

As the state phases in tougher requirements from its 2017 regulation, federal agencies continue to show an interest in updating their cyber policies.

After warnings of an impending major ATM cash-out had bank security teams working overtime last weekend, crooks made off with over $13 million over the weekend in a double attack on India’s venerable Cosmos bank.

Thieves stole more than $13 million from an Indian bank just days after an FBI warning; Fed’s special oversight restrictions from 2015 lifted.

Cybersecurity remains a chief concern for small credit unions as a panel of experts warns small CUs may not just be a target, they could be one step in a larger attack.

Banks and credit unions — especially smaller ones — are being told to brace themselves for a wave of ATM raids by cybercrooks. Industry officials are uncertain what information the red alert is based on, but experts say swift, sophisticated thefts are very doable.