Data security

Platforms like Ethereum’s IPFS enable immutable document access, so token issuers and purchasers can provide all necessary financial documents, audits and inspections directly to those who own the token.

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The technology has become controversial for its potential for bias. Notre Dame professor Kevin Bowyer explains what his studies of this issue have found.

An employee at a Canadian cooperative recently stole nearly 3 million members’ personal data. Here’s why it matters to U.S.-based credit unions.

Security companies report a recent spike in spearphishing campaigns originating in Iran and targeting banks.

Visa has agreed to acquire token services and digital ticketing technology from Rambus Inc. in a move the card brand says will expand its tokenization security beyond Visa cards into other networks.

Facebook Inc. failed to fend off a lawsuit over a data breach that affected nearly 30 million users, one of several privacy snafus that have put the company under siege.

Executives and directors from across the industry discussed their concerns for the industry and priorities for the next year during this year's NAFCU and CUNA annual conferences.

Both are useful, but each has specialties in protecting different types of transaction processes, according to Rambus Payments' Andre Stoorvogel.

Facebook is focusing the initial discussions around its cryptocurrency project as a preemptive strike against the privacy and legal concerns the public and politicians have about the huge social network.