Data and information management

Mobile apps are becoming the playground and hiding place for cyberattacks and the criminals who orchestrate them.

The German bank announced a project designed to create a single online registration for users across a number of industries.

One recent study says local and regional FIs face the greatest risk of losses from ransomware, but there are steps CUs can take to mitigate that risk.

The plastic card is an aging tool in payments, but there's still room for innovation in its design and features. Here are a few new concepts that favor technology and style as differentiators.

Beyond is a culmination of the many things Carr's done in his life. That includes years spent as as a merchant acquiring executive—Carr was the CEO of Heartland Payment Systems; an author who has advocated for improving conditions for working class Americans while detailing his own challenges growing up in Illinois; and a philanthropist.

Sovrin, a new blockchain for the creation and management of digital identities, may help credit unions save money and fight fraud while returning power to individuals.

Restaurants and other hospitality businesses have suffered a series of breaches. E-wallets can provide extra security and marketing heft at the same time.

Blockchain technology requires major change in people and processes and smaller banks need to prepare, according to Joe Dewey, an attorney at Holland & Knight and author of a new book about distributed ledger technology.

Researchers have found serious flaws in the way transport layer security protocols — a longstanding bulwark of online banking — have been modified for mobile apps.

Financial services provider Transamerica has adopted Nuance Communications’ biometrics technology that uses a customer’s voice for authentication.

Big data is a key for banks to better understand what financial products underbanked consumers and small businesses need.

The beneficial ownership regulation, meant to catch financial criminals, has produced data that is useful in making small-business loans, LexisNexis Risk Solutions says.

Verizon's 2017 data breach investigations report reads like a psychology playbook: If you keep pounding on the same information and calls for action, some of it has to sink in at some point. But that point hasn't arrived yet.

The bank has quit the R3 consortium, whose tech decisions were at odds with its own.

As restaurant security issues mount, it's important to have a set of sophistiated tools that can mitigate and respond to fraud, writes John Christly, global CIOS of Netsurion.

Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report finds cybercriminals are focusing their efforts on banks’ web servers and websites.

The global messaging network Swift and its fintech challenger, Ripple, have been vying for bankers’ hearts and minds for more than a year. Whoever prevails, their latest moves could bring needed change to how international banking is done.

The bank uses machine learning to customize content in real time on its website for every user, based on their behavior during their session.

The startup Dave (just Dave) sells an app that forecasts short-term bank balances and sends users small-dollar advances when necessary, part of a wave of efforts to improve consumers’ financial health using digital tools.

Dwolla and Plaid are collaborating to add protection to Automated Clearing House payments.