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The DDoS threat has eased, if only for a few days, and security officers have a new/old worry to focus on.
May 13 -
Fannie Mae has unveiled a system to help servicers prevent foreclosures. Adoption will become mandatory for servicers in the future, the agency warns.
May 13 -
The identities of the card processing companies targeted in a massive cyber offensive have surfaced.
May 13 -
A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.
May 10
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Better security deployed by the card processors, the banks and the ATM operators could have detected and thwarted the complex scheme in which millions were stolen from two Middle Eastern banks.
May 10 -
Though large banks have mostly been the targets of criminals so far, smaller banks are not immune to online threats.
May 10 -
Sainsbury's Bank announced it will outsource its retail banking operations to FIS as it becomes a wholly owned bank in the coming months.
May 10 -
After 18 months, One PacificCoast pulled the plug on a money-losing lending program it hoped would compete with payday lenders.
May 9 -
The ideal of responsive design, in which one set of web pages displays perfectly on any device, has yet to be realized, some observers feel.
May 9 -
A sophisticated cyber-scheme that involved tens of thousands of coordinated withdrawals at ATMs around the world resulted in millions of dollars being stolen in a matter of hours.
May 9 -
New POS schemes bring uncertainties. Merchants need partners who can help them scale their solutions while growing sales and increasing customers.
May 9
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The unit of the $355 billion-asset U.S. Bancorp (USB) said Thursday that Harley Marine, a transportation company based in Seattle, will use On-Site Electronic Deposit Mobile to deposit checks remotely.
May 9 -
New research from Synergistics points out the unintended consequences of branch closures.
May 9 -
Service meant to help companies avoid the "shadow IT" problem.
May 9 -
New research suggests that consumers are becoming more comfortable using mobile devices for their financial services' needs.
May 8 -
Banking technology firm SunGard has rolled out an ATM and card reconciliation system.
May 8 -
Its the first financial services firm to deploy passive voice biometrics as the primary way of authenticating wealth management customers who call in, according to vendor Nuance Communications.
May 8 -
Which financial institutions "get" LinkedIn? Jennifer Grazel, the social media network's global head of category development for financial services, offers up several examples.
May 8 -
A new bill proposed in the Senate, the Deter Cyber Theft Act, is meant to help prevent nation-states from stealing U.S. business secrets.
May 8 -
Payments processor Elavon has named Simon Haslam its chief executive officer. Haslam had been the head of international markets for the U.S. Bancorp unit.
May 8


