Investment

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah Cummings have called for an update on probes into the credit reporting giant a year after its massive data breach came to light.

British Airways is investigating the theft of data including personal and credit-card details from customers who used its website and mobile app to make reservations.

Concentration risk, threats to data privacy and the potential for discrimination are among the unintended consequences of letting fintechs and tech giants dabble in financial services without bank-like regulation, an expert says.

Initial coin offerings have become controversial enough for the SEC to weigh in. And even though the commission has not announced a clear stance, technology investors are noticing a difference in its actions.

Ripple's role in streamlining international transactions and the popularity of its XRP tokens has boosted the company's value, but has also drawn critics who claim Ripple is illegally gaming the market.

The agencies are looking into firm's forex pricing; the Fed is accused of stalling on a novel banking idea.

Blockchain technology has the potential to change the healthcare industry, placing the patient, at the center of the system by providing added security, privacy and interoperability to health data and payments, writes Donika Kraeva, strategic communications manager for Dentacoin.

Technology developers have little choice but to see big data deals like Mastercard’s reported collaboration with Google as an opportunity for deep, actionable analysis, setting aside the chilling effect of privacy concerns and a consumer buy in.

It is critical that banks blend data science and their industry knowledge to better identify and mitigate compliance risk, says a director at Promontory Financial Group.

After news of the breach, congressional hearings for the company’s ex-CEO and other blowback were accompanied by legislative calls to action. But a year later, have policymakers done anything?