Compliance

Over the last several months much has been made about the New York BitLicense.

Buying stolen data is an effective way for banks to determine the source of a breach. But fraudsters are increasingly putting up roadblocks because such deals might make it tougher for them to break in next time.

China's largest telecom technology testing laboratory plans to use a Fime tool to strengthen the country's mobile security.

Mobile payments is the next “big thing” for consumers. But how can we keep it from becoming so for hackers as well?

U.S. Bancorp has been hit with a consent order regarding deficiencies in its anti-money laundering compliance program.

Mark McWatters has been a member of the NCUA board for one year now, and he says some of the ways the regulator operates still strike him as "odd."

CEOS of midsize banks traveled to Washington recently to seek relief from some of the more onerous regulations that they say are making it harder for them to compete with both big banks and largely unregulated marketplace lenders that are aggressively going after their customers.

With Visa Inc. set to merge with Visa Europe, the U.S. company stands to benefit from the experience its London-based counterpart has in mobile and digital payments. It could also supercharge these projects with added resources.

Florida overturned a ban on credit card surcharges on the grounds that it violates merchants' free speech. Some lawyers doubt that this unusual strategy has legs, but it has worked in a surprising number of courts.

There are many potential buyers of stolen bank account data, including the banks themselves. But fraudsters are increasingly reluctant to sell their data back to its original owner.