Data and information management

ID attacks have expanded quickly in the past year, partly due to the same kind of automation that companies use to manage a high volume of transactions.

BloqLabs, created by the startup Bloq, wants to help developers get their projects in front of enterprise clients.

Cleveland-based Select Restaurants Inc., a national chain of upscale restaurants and bars, has experienced a breach exposing customers’ payment card data through point of sale technology, according to data security expert Brian Krebs.

Credit unions are sitting on a wealth of data from social media channels. The trick is sifting through the noise to find it—and use it.

The ICO fundraising model has already yielded more than $230 million for startups.

Using big data can help CUs improve efficiencies and reduce costs when it comes to compliance.

A lot of time can pass between a breach and when a company discovers the incident, creating an opportunity to damage payment systems.

The venture capital firms of Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, along with the fund backed by Google’s chairman, have invested in a firm that helps banks secure their cloud technology.

The bank’s clients now have a simpler alternative for logging in to treasury management and other commercial accounts, part an effort by bankers to offer business customers more convenient high-tech services that are still secure.

If the Federal Reserve and other central banks began issuing their own digital currencies, they could benefit consumers, boost the economy and fight financial crime. But not without risks to cybersecurity, individual privacy — and possibly bank profits.

Companies that fail to understand blockchain and distributed ledger technologies risk making expensive missteps.

At the Credit Union Analytics Summit held outside Seattle, CU Journal asked attendees to identify the biggest challenges the movement faces when it comes to data analytics.

Innovate Indiana is taking part in a $2.6 million investment in Rippleshot, a company that uses artificial intelligence to detect card fraud.

Equifax has introduced a software product that is said to give lenders instant access to a wide range of consumer data in a single platform, a long-term goal of many data providers.

Credit unions and financial institutions are required to take steps to protect against cyberattacks, but small businesses that process payments are not doing enough to protect the security of the financial system, a credit union executive said Wednesday.

Credit union tech leaders share their insights on what it takes to get started in data analytics and what’s holding many credit unions back.

A previously unreleased paper lays out the pros and cons for banks of technologies designed to restore confidentiality on shared ledgers.

Experts shared insight and strategies into collecting, analyzing and using big data at the Credit Union Analystics Summit.

Verifone is checking into a breach of its computer network, reports security blogger Brian Krebs.

In her work as a data scientist for several payments startups, Afra Khan's key skill is leveraging fast-evolving technology tools to analyze consumer financial behavior and block fraud before it strikes.