Investment

The finance sector had the highest number of breaches of all industries, with 471 in 2016, according to a report issued Friday by the White House's Council of Economic Advisers.

Banks scrapped a plan to create a shared data bunker for customer data in favor of a backup buddy system. Some argue a move to blockchain should be next.

International officials are discovering they can sometimes avoid bank fees by replacing currency transfers with the technology at the heart of Bitcoin.

Through chats, contact-center calls, emails and tickets, AI is being used to expand consumers' access to services, writes Jordi Torras, CEO and founder of Inbenta.

U.S. fintechs attracted $5.8 billion in the fourth quarter as institutions sought an AI edge.

More than 700 million global cyberattacks and 1.7 billion bot attacks took place in 2017, a 44% increase in the attack rate over 2016.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s People’s Party is preparing legislation including possible tax breaks to attract companies using blockchain technology.

This week marks the return of a series of intensive, hands-on training sessions in distributed ledger technologies for credit union executives.

Payworks has raised $14.5 million in a Series B funding round with several participants including Visa and CommerzVentures.

The investment continues a trend of banks focusing on commercial payments technology.