Data security

Lawmakers are taking a closer look at the company’s data collection practices and its work on cryptocurrency payments, raising the possibility of more action down the line.

Traditional authentication practices are incapable of meeting the real-time demands, writes Frank Teruel, senior vice president and general manager of ThreatMetrix.

Most financial institutions can’t compete on pay, but there are other advantages they can offer, including agile development.

Despite the technology advancements of the past decade, many consumers still provide spoken card details over the phone to company call centers. The practice has triggered security concerns throughout the payments industry.

Sens. Mike Crapo and Sherrod Brown are asking Facebook about its consumer financial data collection practices as they consider data privacy legislation.

Consumers expect financial institutions to provide mobile applications that combine ease of use with top-class security features. Biometrics could help credit unions keep up with these high-stakes technology demands.

The Fed is moving to prepare banks for unexpected shocks tied to weather; rules would be eased for trades between affiliates.

There is anticipation that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could release its debt collections proposal later this week.

Given the risks of improperly securing a multicloud environment, it's crucial to engage with partners who understand networking, says Mounir Hahad, head of threat research for for Juniper Networks.

As chief operational risk officer, Carrie Lichter played a key role in bringing to life Fifth Third's high-tech war room, also known as the cyber fusion center.

The North American banking giant is making a gradual yet concerted effort to migrate applications to Microsoft’s cloud, but there are still sensitive operations and pieces of data that it’s holding back on for now.

Big banks and other financial firms spend as much as $3,000 per employee to defend computer networks from cybercriminals, a survey found, as the industry remains the primary target of such attacks.

Political contributions from Wall Street rose, but did they influence policy?; bank stocks post biggest monthly gain since President Trump was elected.

Failure to recognize the importance of artificial intelligence, mobile banking and other evolving technology would be a serious misstep.

It’s just one part of one regulation in one region that addresses one business practice, but for Stripe, Strong Customer Authentication is a ticket to unlock markets across multiple business types.

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Mastercard is expanding its Girls4Tech education outreach program with new partnerships, and tightening the focus on subjects broadly in demand in the payments industry.

Norwegian digital payments provider MeaWallet is offering a new payment tokenization solution that delivers Mastercard, Visa and American Express tokenization services through a single connection.

Cathy Bessant, Bank of America’s chief operations and technology officer, offers her takeaways from the first meeting of the Council on the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence. She also shares some challenges banks are facing with cyberattacks and data encryption.

Credit unions have measures in place to assist members hit by fraud but many smaller institutions are challenged when it comes to an effective response.