Compliance

The chief executive officer of Swift, the interbank messaging system embroiled in a global bank-hacking controversy, says to expect more information about breaches to emerge as fully armoring the network's defenses is likely to take years.

Merchants sued Visa and MasterCard in 1996 when the card networks forced them to "honor all cards," and though the suit settled in 2003, the wounds are reopening with the spread of mobile wallets.

The Electronic Payments Coalition's arguments supporting Visa in its legal battle with Walmart are not based in fact.

Unfortunately, as fraud prevention technology advances, so do fraudsters’ tactics. Think of the cat and the mouse. As merchants and financial institutions become better at thwarting traditional fraud techniques, criminals are forced to adapt. The onus is now on the financial institutions and merchants to stay ahead.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the founder of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said Thursday she would fight back against congressional efforts to delay or revamp the agency's payday lending proposal even while she acknowledged the plan could have been tougher.

Some days the ride-sharing app receives more than a million phishing emails — a stat to which large banks can relate. But after deploying common protocols and open-source software, Uber now rejects most bad emails.

The National Retail Federation wants the Federal Trade Commission to do more than merely check up on the companies that routinely assess merchants for compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).

Although the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s long-awaited proposal to establish the first federal rules for payday, auto title and high-cost installment loans offers a nod to NCUA’s Payday Alternative Loans (PALs) program, CUs are concerned the plan will stifle their ability to offer consumer-friendly alternatives to an often predatory market.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's long-awaited proposal to establish the first federal rules for payday, auto title and high-cost installment loans did not include a provision that banks had planned would allow them to compete by offering small-dollar installment loans.

The National Credit Union Administration will host a webinar on how to become a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).