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All service providers, even those with a strong security posture, are only as secure as the Home Depots, LinkedIns and Equifaxes of the world, argues George Avetisov, chief executive of HYPR.

Leandra English said she plans to leave the agency and drop a lawsuit that sought to install her as director of the consumer agency; the stock exchange’s CTO is joining the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini firm.

The rise of AI, high-frequency trading and other complex activities is all the more reason for policymakers and financial executives to sharpen their understanding of science, technology, engineering and math.

A money-laundering scandal at Denmark's largest bank has prompted increased regulatory scrutiny at larger banks, so criminals may try to filter dirty money at smaller institutions, a regulator warned.

Echoing the set of restrictive rules known as GDPR enacted earlier this year by the European Union, the state legislation — which does not take effect until 2020 — will almost certainly be the subject of intense lobbying from business giants that vacuum up all the data.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Exxon's new rewards program stumbles out of the gate; Monaco pays big for crypto.com domain; WeChat Pay expands to the French Riviera; Western Union expands in Russia.

By intelligently applying friction, where the entry of a PIN or a swipe of the screen can be used to correlate against known data, we can better prove that the correct user made the transaction and avoid the costs and disruption associated with fraud and disputed claims, writes Zia Hayat, CEO of Callsign.

The U.K.’s Rural Payments Agency has long been renowned for its inefficiencies in processing timely and accurate financial support payments to farmers across the country. But now industry figures expect Brexit will lead to an improvement in performance due to a loosening of the EU-driven bureaucratic regulations.

Nanopay is planning to add bank, processor and accounting software partners for a B2B cross-border and domestic transfer service which it says exceeds the performance of blockchain-based systems.

A new court filing suggests that Stephen Calk was named to a 13-member economic advisory team in 2016 in exchange for approving a $9.5 million loan to former campaign manager Paul Manafort.