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Recent reports that the National Security Agency has been undermining encryption on the Internet raise questions about the security of online banking data. The spy agency has been installing "back doors" in commercial software and introducing weaknesses to industry encryption standards, according to documents leaked to the media by Edward Snowden. The good news (such as it is) is that cybercriminals may not take advantage of these vulnerabilities, since they usually focus more on tricking humans through tactics like phishing than on the time-consuming work of cracking codes.

Disney World's efforts to test its payments wristband involve patience, investment in technology and a lot of marketing. PaymentsSource editor Daniel Wolfe recently visited the amusement park and has some lessons for banks and other payments companies that want to succeed in similar innovation.

A mountain of regulations set to go into effect in January, the Fed's mixed signals and fair lending issues topped the list of concerns at a recent mortgage bankers' risk management conference in Phoenix. American Banker's Kate Berry, who attended the event, reports.

KeyCorp chairman and CEO Beth Mooney says the new regulatory, reputational and cost pressures on banks aren't going away anytime soon.

KeyCorp chairman and CEO Beth Mooney discusses the advantages of the regional banking model, the U.S. economic picture and how banks are coping with it.

KeyCorp chairman and CEO Beth Mooney on the extra obligation she feels to help bring more women into leadership positions.

How today's female executives are clearing roadblocks to the executive suite.

The year's Most Powerful Women in Banking special report contains good news and bad. On the positive side, women are making progress in the upper reaches of banking and finance. The trouble is that they still have a long way to go before achieving gender equality. The reasons are complex.

The New York bank has agreed to pay a giant settlement to Washington regulators in a bid to put its London Whale trading debacle behind it. However, the deal is likely to raise as many questions as it answers and will by no means put to rest the bank's many legal and regulatory problems. American Banker editors discuss.

The idea that skin in the game is the best way to ensure that people take responsibility for their professional conduct harks back to ancient Babylon. Black Swan author Nassim Taleb calls it "the best risk management rule ever." American Banker editors discuss whether skin in the game is the elixir needed to make modern finance safe or is destined to lose favor as fast as stock options and Alan Greenspan.