Data and information management

The agreement with authorities including the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general — and possibly the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — may be announced as soon as Monday.

The idea of a common digital identity for consumers has become more compelling amid the digitalization of the world's economy. Many bank and credit union executives consider it a natural fit, one the industry should be prepared to lead on.

The California Consumer Privacy Act goes into affect next year and other states are likely to follow suit. Credit unions need to evaluate their data management practices.

A bill by Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., would give the CFPB authority to oversee cybersecurity efforts at the credit bureaus.

New tech-focused programs for employees can help banks evolve from within.

Transit systems are attracting contactless payment technology, but there are other options on the horizon that could make boarding easier than tapping a card or smartphone — provided riders are comfortable with an experience like something out of Minority Report.

It's created a new digital assets and distributed ledger group, trades bitcoin futures and is funding a crypto exchange.

Credit unions are slowly embracing the impact data analytics can have on the bottom line, but experts say goal-setting and measurable achievements must also be a part of the process.

A new project backed by the government of Luxembourg could ultimately be influential in the U.S., where banks have been slow to develop a shared platform for digital identities.

Resistance to Libra on the Senate Banking Committee was bipartisan, and other takeaways from Tuesday’s hearing.

NAFCU and CUNA expressed concerns about the social media giant's proposed cryptocurrency, including reiterating calls for Congress to act on data security.

New payment modes are expanding quickly, giving momentum to facial recognition and other advanced forms of authentication, according to James Daniels, vice president and head of Asia Pacific at FIME.

As strategic planning season kicks off, credit union boards and executives must consider whether they’re doing enough to prevent evolving cybersecurity issues, including account takeovers.

The bank is taking a concept that has worked for years in the credit card world — artificial-intelligence-based fraud detection — and applying it to corporate customers' transactions.

Almost two years after the Equifax breach led to a congressional uproar but minimal policy change, the protracted fight to enact data security and privacy reform has a new bogeyman.

Almost two years after the Equifax breach led to a congressional uproar but minimal policy change, the protracted fight to enact data security and privacy reform has a new bogeyman.

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act is a successful privacy law that ought to govern all financial services providers, not just banks.

Platforms like Ethereum’s IPFS enable immutable document access, so token issuers and purchasers can provide all necessary financial documents, audits and inspections directly to those who own the token.

Once a dataset’s data and lifecycle events are in a known state with lineage, new and exciting opportunities are possible, writes David Levine, head of data product strategy for PeerNova.