Compliance

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., named Sepideh Behram to the role of chief compliance officer. Her hiring comes as the $4.8 billion-asset company works to shore up its risk and compliance management.

Hardware security modules have long been a staple in payments network security, but increasing transaction flow and coding in the mobile and digital age can create data bottlenecks with current technology.

Since payment fraud involves many different types of activity the best way to identify suspicious patterns is to integrate disparate data sources, and cross check data from multiple angles.

Broadway Financial in Los Angeles has been released from an enforcement action administered by the Federal Reserve.

After an active 2015, with nearly 290 deals announced, don't think for a second that bankers are taking a breather. Executives are looking at ways to build scale, improve their fintech offerings and ensure smooth transitions following acquisitions. Here is a sampling of recent comments about bank consolidation.

Some say the U.S. payments infrastructure is a prime target for government-sponsored cybercriminals. But the aged and fragmented nature of our infrastructure could, for once, work in its favor.

Some say the U.S. payments infrastructure is a prime target for government-sponsored cybercriminals. But the aged and fragmented nature of our infrastructure could, for once, work in its favor.

Credit unions aren’t the only ones who would like to see changes made to their call reports: so would banks. While CUs are expecting NCUA to address call reports during implementation of the risk-based capital rule, banks are getting a little help from a handful of members of Congress.

Setting yet a new record for number of comment letters filed, NCUA’s proposed field of membership overhaul has reopened old wounds and rekindled the battle between credit unions and banks.

The Obama administration announced a new cybersecurity strategy on Tuesday, calling for a 35% increase in funding to bolster private and public defenses and the creation of a new chief information security officer position for the government.