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Establishing a set of standards of practice for chief risk officers and others would help benchmark the quality control for managing risk in the financial services industry.

Though an extremely effective solution to a very specific problem, tokenization is more of a single piece of the security puzzle than the end-all of stopping data theft and credit card fraud.

As banks pull out of developing countries, we must seek a healthier balance between preventing money laundering and maintaining banking systems of entire regions.

Over the past two years, regulators have issued several proposals as part of efforts to make capital rules simpler, but the initiative should be more streamlined and allow more public input.

Despite improvements in technology, most consumers remain skeptical of mobile wallets, often testing them once or twice before abandoning the idea and returning to traditional payment methods.

The financial reform alternative proposed by Rep. Jeb Hensarling would allow bankers to be bankers rather than be so focused on regulatory compliance.

The fragmentation of the U.S. regulatory system and uncertainty around what agencies will regulate fintech firms could slow down innovation.

Earlier this year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) narrowly avoided disaster when sensitive information for 44,000 agency customers was stored without proper security measures…on a personal storage device.

The acrimonious debate in the bitcoin community turns in part on whether one prioritizes using the digital currency as an investment or as a means of expanding global financial inclusion.

Using methods akin to fighting external hacking can also address risks of employees committing legal or ethical lapses.