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Data breaches have become routine, but the public reaction to these events is changing. Consumers are increasingly wary of sharing their information — just ask Mark Zuckerberg — and this trend raises the stakes for all financial institutions and merchants.

The provision would make it harder for criminals who use real Social Security numbers to create fake personas and then apply for credit.

The spread of breached identity information has resulted in an outbreak of new account creation fraud with a new ground zero for the crimes pointing right at Latin America.

The provision would make it harder for criminals who use real Social Security numbers to create fake personas and then apply for credit.

The fintech wants to facilitate loans for elective surgeries, auto repairs and jewelry purchases, but regulatory uncertainty — at the state and federal levels — casts a cloud over its business model.

A federal judge ruled three business associates of a financial technology company are likely to lose at a trial over government accusations that they sold unregistered stock in the firm after a rally linked to cryptocurrency.

Prometheum wants to win the SEC’s approval of its own token offering, paving the way for others shortly afterward.

The distributed ledger technologies CUSO has partnered with Hedera Hashgraph as part of its effort to reach 1 million users by the end of 2018.

Cloud-based software has replaced bulky, expensive and almost obsolete servers, which allows SMBs to keep costs lower while getting access to more functionality, writes Rush Taggart, Chief Technology Officer for CardConnect.

The Michigan bank hopes conversational technology can get customers to talk more freely about their financial health.