Compliance

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

The law gives residents more — and welcome — control over their data. But it will take work for credit unions to meet the new requirements, such as possibly having to amend third-party vendor agreements.

Biometrics make sweeping attacks harder to pull off, but fraudsters are finding new ways to target vulnerable groups of customers.

The National Credit Union Administration is eyeing a 1.1 percent funding increase for 2019 for a total of $334.8 million

Card-on-file tokenization systems enable payment details to be instantly refreshed when a card is lost, stolen or expires, according to André Stoorvogel a director at Rambus.

Her primary job is advising senior executives on compliance, technology and data security matters, but Hosein is also making a mark as a champion for up-and-coming female leaders.

The plan identified five risk areas — including cybersecurity — that will be on the agenda for agency examiners next year.

Congress is considering additional tax reform, while the NCUA board is taking comments on a proposed rule to ease appraisal limits and more.

An examination of industry sales tactics conducted after the Wells Fargo scandal found that credit card accounts (not checking or savings) were the largest source of account openings without customer permission.

Fintech developers are trying to monetize data without scaring away privacy-conscious consumers — and, increasingly, to make sure bigger financial companies don't overstep the same boundaries.