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Hackers are again targeting popular third-party websites in the hope of compromising bank customers' accounts. American Banker staffers discuss what banks can do to hedge against a threat that exists outside their networks.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has hired a force-placed insurance industry lobbyist to simultaneously advise the government on the same issues. Is the move is indicative of a federal housing regulatory regime that's been coopted by the regulated?

Bankers and tech vendors have given up on the reliability of passwords and other conventional forms of authentication. Now some are turning to hardware as a more secure option. American Banker editors discuss the advantages, and limits, of such options.