Technology

F.N.B. Corp. in Pittsburgh has recruited an executive from the recently sold FirstMerit Bank to spearhead its data-security efforts.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has released updated cybersecurity guidance for bank examiners.

While much of fintech over the last few years has been about improving the front end of banking, the focus is now shifting to streamlining the back office.

It was inevitable that someone would try to add up those extra seconds it takes to perform an EMV transaction, and when Cayan did it concluded that EMV is forcing U.S. consumers as a whole to spend years in extra time at the register.

A new tool developed by the federal government may put the brakes on certain counterfeit card scams during the holidays, if law enforcement agencies can replicate the results of an initial test.

The one thing payment terminal hardware makers should have been sure of this year was relatively strong demand from merchants finally upgrading to EMV-compatible equipment after the slow start last year to the U.S. chip-card migration. But that's not how it's turning out.

As one of the world’s largest e-commerce platforms, it’s natural that fraudsters would be tempted to game the Amazon system. If it could happen to an e-commerce giant like Amazon, what hope does a smaller e-commerce site have against the fraudsters who run even sneakier scams - like transaction laundering?

Simply offering the best reward or rebate isn't always the best way to sell in a multichannel world, and Wallaby is tweaking its recommendation technology to match the most advantageous card to a particular moment and location in time.

Apple Pay got only a brief mention during the tech giant's introduction of the iPhone 7 on Sept. 7, but the changes have global implications.

Who knows more about customers than banks? With great data comes great responsibility, though. Banks are expected to show their customers they know them, but are held to a higher standard than, say, Netflix.