Data and information management

Japan’s financial regulator ordered further improvements at embattled cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. and penalized six others, including one operated by publicly listed GMO Internet Inc.

As both the volume and value of digital currencies increase, so will inevitable attempts to commit fraud and theft. In this nascent stage, what is protecting cryptocurrency buyers and sellers?

The fear of data breaches has become a regular part of life, but many regs that help protect auto lenders were written before that threat originated. Here's how to protect yourself.

Banks and retailers are sparring over whether financial firms should follow a new national standard to quickly notify consumers when they've experienced a data breach.

Economic adviser leaves after President Trump announces steel tariffs; Senate votes to begin debating Dodd-Frank changes, which are expected to pass later this week.

American banks and retailers are sparring over whether financial firms should follow a new national standard to quickly notify consumers when they’ve experienced a data breach.

The World Economic Forum said the effort is designed to strengthen fintech cybersecurity.

At CUNA’s GAC, one credit union leader explained that CUs need blockchain and distributed ledger technology now for the same reason they needed websites in the '90s -- even if the technology is confusing, it's going to be a big deal sooner than you think.

Manual means of dispute management are inefficient and growing untenable in the current security and compliance environment, writes Brad Johnson, director of solutions consulting at Centrix Solutions.

Breach investigations can be very lengthy and it is not uncommon to disclose additional findings over time, writes Mounir Hahad, head of threat research at Juniper Networks.

State-level support will give the digital assets industry much needed footing, said Caitlin Long, a former managing director at Morgan Stanley.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is among several agencies that "continue to investigate events related to" last year's Equifax brief, the credit reporting firm said in a securities filing.

Retailers and payment service providers will need to report on at least a quarterly basis on performance against the reference fraud rates, writes Matthew Attwell, Risk & Client Services director at The ai Corporation.

The bank overcharged some customers and some received inappropriate investment advice; 2.4 million more people were affected by the breach.

Equifax, the credit bureau breached by hackers last year, said the card-payments industry may cut off its access to certain data or impose fines if the company can't prove it's addressed weaknesses.

Banks are putting the concept of securities lending on a blockchain-inspired platform to the test.

Equifax, the credit-reporting firm that suffered a massive data breach last year, said it will notify an additional 2.4 million U.S. consumers that they were affected by the hack.

Financial institutions and retail companies are trading barbs over which industry poses greater risk to sensitive customer information just as lawmakers are planning to take another stab at a data security bill.

A better camera should mean more accurate facial recognition. Will it spur more banks to embrace the technology?

The MyCUID product is intended to help membes protect against fraud and identity theft by creating a lifetime "portable digital identity" not dependent on any central authority.