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Banks, technology developers and payment companies are all experimenting with new ways to identify consumers by their unique physical traits, with the ultimate goal of improving security while also streamlining customer onboarding and authentication.

A new strain of malware that targets cryptocurrency users — but not users of mainstream payment options like bank accounts — highlights how much the cybercrime game is changing behind the scenes.

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.