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Very large, established industries like financial services have strongly entrenched ways of doing business that, over time, have become inefficient, writes Mariam Nishanian, a representative for Dentacoin, adding blockchain can change that.

The embattled Smith may lose severance benefits, depending on firm’s probe into data breach; Clayton grilled about why the agency took so long to act after Edgar hack.

There is a greater likelihood of an individual clicking on a piece of malware via a mobile device than a laptop, and this, in turn, provides issues for the amount of single sign on applications, writes Ryan Wilk, vice president of customer success at NuData Security.

Equifax observed an increasingly well-worn ritual of scandal-ridden firms by jettisoning CEO Richard Smith: apologize, promise to do better in the future, and sacrifice your top executive in the hopes it will ward off action by Congress and regulators.

The accounting firm says only a "very few" clients were affected by the cyberattack; former CEO Mike Cagney's wife, the lender's chief tech officer, is leaving.

Until recently, many of the fraud prevention tactics employed by organizations have added to, not reduced, customer friction across the buying cycle, writes Michael Lynch, chief strategy officer at InAuth.

The auditing and consulting firm said Monday that it’s currently informing the clients affected and has notified governmental authorities after it became aware of the incident.

Electronic payments offer hospitals and practices a quicker, more efficient, trackable and safer way to collect, writes Jeffrey Brown, president of VPay.

Ironically, the credit bureau’s rise was built on promise to safeguard customers’ most sensitive information; bank to build global ops center in Warsaw.

A "transformational" capital raise led by CEO Mary Ann Scully set the stage for Howard Bank's largest-ever acquisition.