Compliance

There is an old saying by Mark Twain, "Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, unless you can't think of anything better." Recently, Walmart filed a lawsuit against Visa complaining the company won't let it require PINs on transactions made with chip-enabled debit cards.

A number of Congressional leaders – including the ranking Democratic member of the House Financial Services Committee -- announced their support Monday for proposed legislation that would increase credit unions’ ability to lend to small businesses.

With banks worldwide feeling the heat of recent cyber attacks against Swift messaging participants, and the financial telecommunication cooperative's reputation taking an even bigger hit, Swift is making public a five-step plan to tighten security measures.

Everyone agrees that electronic transactions should be as safe as possible, but a PIN mandate will not prevent online or mobile fraud.

Older consumers like chip cards better than young people, mostly based on a generational divide over security and speed rather than a predisposition to adopt new technology.

When black market criminals use tighter security than global payment systems, you know the banking industry needs to wake up. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is now a standard practice on the ‘dark web,’ yet most banks require just one password to authorize transactions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is making an end run around existing regulations to collect new data on overdraft programs, the American Bankers Association claims.

WASHINGTON — Seven financial trade groups announced Monday that they are banding together to push legislation that would extend banklike data security standards to retailers and nonbank businesses.

WASHINGTON — Seven financial trade groups announced Monday that they are banding together to push legislation that would extend bank-like data security standards to retailers and non-bank businesses.

Bank of America Corp.'s Countrywide Financial unit was exonerated of allegations that it sold defective residential mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with an appeals court throwing out a judgment against the bank of more than $1.2 billion.