Data security

The Trump administration is currently reviewing a soon-to-be-released proposal on consumer financial data rights.

Big banks, including San Francisco-based Wells Fargo, are eager to defend themselves from the competitive threat posed by stablecoins, analysts say.

CISA's updated standard asks vendors for every component in their software, including borrowed code. Two researchers say today's tools can't produce it.

A new survey found artificial intelligence was a top compliance-related priority for 85% of firms responding, while cybersecurity was only a concern for 37%.

The policies most community banks rely on for cyber liability, fidelity bonds and directors and officers insurance are full of overlapping exclusions, restrictive coverage sublimits and vague specifications. That can become an expensive problem.

The DTCC piloted a tokenized version of its stock-settlement system. But the real future of trading has to involve currency, not just securities.

The class action is an early test of whether credit unions can hold their vendors liable for the cybersecurity they promise.

Banks must tell regulators of a serious breach within 36 hours under a codified rule. Regulators say they will tell banks 72 hours of their own data breaches, in a memo nobody can enforce.

Feeding vulnerabilities into Gold Eagle could expose a bank to regulators or lawsuits, a cybersecurity lawyer warns.

The biggest core providers have each tied their security to a frontier AI developer. The guidance that would govern any of it excludes agentic AI.

Caitlin Long, CEO of Custodia Bank, sits down with tech reporter Melinda Lucy to talk about the bank's launch of its on-chain Hazel Network in partnership with Vantage Bank, the stablecoins versus tokenized deposits debate and how the Hazel Network brings the two technologies together under a familiar legal framework for banks.

Seventeen banks, including BNY, Citi, HSBC, Standard Chartered and Wells Fargo, will make tokenized cross-border payments as the messaging network looks to counter threats from digital asset fintechs.

The nation's largest bank's fund for stablecoin issuers seeking GENIUS Act–compliant yield vehicles already has $700 million in assets.

With Robinhood Chain now live, the company is pushing into tokenized equities, stablecoin lending and international markets.

The order covers the European units of JPMorganChase, Goldman, Citi and Morgan Stanley, and previews what U.S. regulators may eventually demand.

Market watchers say it is plausible that regulators will have established rules of the road for tokenized bank deposits by next year. But to get there, many outstanding issues will need to be ironed out first.

Two executive orders pulled federal deadlines for quantum-proof encryption forward to 2030, after 2026 research cut the cost of breaking today's codes.

The company has built even more safeguards into the model, including a fallback to Opus 4.8 for requests that trigger security controls.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said tokenized bank deposits are likely to be a reality in 2027, and added that he is working with banking agencies on digital assets and capital requirements.

Foreign investors are gobbling up tokenized U.S. equities while domestic investors remain unable to take advantage of the opportunities such assets offer. U.S. policymakers need to level the playing field.