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Investigation will include possible insider trading by company executives; “broad clampdown” on buying and selling digital currency.

The chief information officer and top security officer are retiring in the wake of the massive data hack; Mike Cagney is leaving the student loan lender.

Senate Democrats' legislative bid to reform the credit reporting industry is tempered and balanced, according to analysts, which could help it gain traction in the GOP-controlled Congress.

Equifax Inc. said two of its senior executives are leaving as the credit-reporting company faces mounting public anger for losing data on 143 million Americans in one of the biggest cyberattacks in history.

In the wake of the massive data breach at Equifax, some are calling for tokenization of all data that has the potential to be stolen by fraudsters.

Readers react to Equifax's massive data breach, weigh in on the departure of SoFi's CEO, endorse a new digital identity system, and more.

The bill would create a federal obligation for credit reporting agencies to offer free credit freezes and prevent them from selling consumer information while a freeze is in place.

Agency confirms it’s investigating the credit bureau; regulator gives green light to Upstart Network to use cellphone payments, etc., to underwrite loans.

With the high-performance and capabilities AI provides, this technology will serve as one of the most valued assets in the future, writes Arushi Srivastava, senior director of public sector for NTT Data Services.

Blockchain is already taking a bite out of the fees traditional financial institutions extract from cross-border transactions by providing a workaround that avoids third parties.