Data security

Ant Financial, the payments affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., acquired EyeVerify Inc., to expand services using the U.S. startup’s biometric authentication technology for securing consumers’ online data and transactions.

WASHINGTON — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced the proposal of a state regulation requiring banks to develop and maintain a cybersecurity program. The plan, the first of its kind in the nation, could have far-reaching effects on some of the nation's largest banks.

New Orleans--Financial institutions must often consider mobile features that don't integrate smoothly with their existing app, leading to the difficult decision of offering different branded apps for different use cases.

New Orleans--As credit and debit card issuers start to see the benefits of EMV-chip card security, prepaid would seem to be the logical next step. But prepaid issuers remain unconvinced of the security benefits of EMV.

Cybersecurity enforcement efforts need to be better coordinated across government agencies, financial industry groups said in a letter Friday to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Digital payments tools can help commercial clients run their business more efficiently, but in a world still dominated by paper checks banks may need to show their customers the benefits.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has released updated cybersecurity guidance for bank examiners.

F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh has recruited an executive from the recently sold FirstMerit Bank to spearhead its data-security efforts.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has released updated cybersecurity guidance for bank examiners.

It was inevitable that someone would try to add up those extra seconds it takes to perform an EMV transaction, and when Cayan did it concluded that EMV is forcing U.S. consumers as a whole to spend years in extra time at the register.