Compliance

Banks’ tab to fight hackers rose 9% from last year by one measure. Investors want them to rein in tech investments, but security experts say the crooks are getting smarter and smarter.

California will be the first state requiring public companies to meet gender quotas for their boards of directors, and women in the payments industry see the move as positive — with some caveats.

Trellance has acquired IronSafe, which provides data analytics to more than 2,300 credit unions.

China’s Golden Week started on Monday and with it, global cities and merchants are boldly promoting Alipay in an effort to capture Chinese tourist dollars. At the same time, merchants are building out a competitive acceptance network that could someday rival the major payment card networks.

The cost of fighting fraud at financial institutions is up nearly 10 percent from last year. That means credit unions face significant challenges in being ready for the next threat.

Collaboration is a critical part of how we prevent cyberattacks from turning into breaches that put consumer payment card data at risk, writes Lance Johnson, executive director of PCI SSC.

Visa is pursuing the online criminals to prevent future fraud. Visa also works with law enforcement agencies to quantify potential losses and, where possible, assist in the threat mitigation.

In September, the National Credit Union Administration barred five people from the industry, including one individual who was accused of working to embezzle more than $1 million.

An all-virtual future remains far off, as conversational programs still aren’t capturing the nuance of speech and chatbots have disappointed many customers.

Contactless payments are a big success story in most countries around the world—including developing markets—but not in the U.S.