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There is one area of commerce that has experienced an uneven consumer response to the coronavirus crisis: subscriptions. Some companies have benefited greatly while others have not.

The strength of the post-coronavirus recovery will determine if that's enough for the digitally focused challenger to battle well-capitalized banks.

Recent breaches and a pandemic-driven strain on cloud computing seemed to prompt a regulatory warning that banks, tech vendors and cloud hosts share an obligation to safeguard customer data — no matter where it resides.

Adam Levin addresses the threats of cyber fraud and identity theft and what you can do to protect your customers' privacy and credit security.

Federal regulators are now conducting nearly all supervision off-site as a result of the pandemic. The temporary measures are stoking a debate about whether they should be permanent.

Cybercrime has emerged as one of the biggest potential sources of risk to the financial system over the last 20 years, and cybersecurity is a paramount concern to bankers everywhere. But can the internet be made more secure?

Computers were invented to calculate quickly and efficiently, and the emergence of the internet opened up enticing new possibilities for communication and commerce. But security has long been an afterthought.

The government's approach to cybersecurity has evolved gradually over the last 40 years, and what we have now is a patchwork approach that serves some critical infrastructures better than others.

The advent of advanced quantum computers could upend encryption as we know it, and a race is on to protect cyberspace before one arrives. But no one knows when that will be, and updating the internet will require a new approach.

The online lender has deployed new software designed to spot security risks early, especially the kind of cloud-data issues that led to the Capital One-Amazon breach.