Data and information management

VC firms Capital 300 and Draper and Associates have made a Series A investment in Authenteq, a identity security firm that uses blockchain, which is gaining steam as a means to support digital ID.

Widespread hacks often make front-page news, while measuring the actual harms to customers when personal financial information is stolen gets little attention.

Saul Van Beurden will have oversight of both technology and information security and will report to CEO Tim Sloan.

Efforts to build better connections to bank customer data, trade digital currency and explore artificial intelligence for security and compliance purposes were some of the biggest draws of fundraising for U.S. startups.

U.K.-based Nuggets is integrating its blockchain technology to existing payment rails, creating a system wherein merchants will no longer have to access or store consumers' personal data.

From anti-money-laundering reform to pot banking, there are deals to be had on financial services legislation. The question is whether anyone wants to make them.

Despite controversy surrounding Ripple’s digital token, one bank is pushing forward to use it in cross-border payments.

Its early days yet, but decentralized apps will democratize finance, says Andrew Keys, cofounder of ConsenSys Capital, the financial services arm of ConsenSys.

Marriott International Inc. says the number of guest records exposed in a cyber-security breach is lower than it estimated when it disclosed the attack in November.

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The technology does not yet exist, but in the not-too-distant future it could fundamentally transform how many organizations do business.

Last year, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One of the company’s administrators, who usually logs on from New York, was trying to gain entry from Romania. And no, the admin wasn’t on vacation. A hacker had broken in.

Both CUNA and NAFCU have responded to the bureau's request for input by raising concerns about cybersecurity, public complaints and more.

Coordinated, shared identity verification and management is certainly attractive, but there is also tremendous risk and potential liability issues, according to Sunil Madhu, founder and chief strategy officer for Socure.

As consumers grow more attached to mobile devices for e-commerce and payments, fraudsters are intensifying their focus on handsets with new phishing, vishing to SIM-swap tricks.

As perhaps the world's most wide-reaching, comprehensive data protection rule, the General Data Protection Regulation is having a ripple effect that almost seemed inevitable.

From the end of overdraft fees to the rise of banks that watch their customers' every move, there are several new banking trends on the horizon in 2019.

Several fintechs are testing apps that let customers gain more say over how third parties use their data — and hope to one day be able to give them the power to revoke access to it entirely.

With a divided Congress in place, policymakers will face challenges in passing major financial legislation this year. But there are still a number of core issues set to be debated.

Both sides acknowledge where expectations haven't been met, and are feeling the same market pressures to adapt faster.