Data and information management

U.S. Bank is using geolocation to make sure customers' card transactions are approved when they are traveling. It is just one example of how more companies are asking customers to let them track their phones.

Australia's banks have submitted a formal statement to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission slamming Apple.

As consumers get more comfortable opting into location-based mobile services, U.S. Bank has begun asking them to let it see where they're going so the bank can fine-tune its fraud management.

Cybercrime evolves constantly, and it can take humans some time to identify new strains of cyberattacks. Software can identify new patterns in seconds.

Mobile wallets check off several boxes on consumers’ payments wish list: ease, convenience and options.

Institutions should define data "liabilities" and "assets" and represent them in a way that both touts data successes and is transparent about data gaps.

Nok Nok Labs is upgrading its mobile device risk-based authentication software to improve support for biometrics and other alternatives to passwords.

"Artificial Intelligence" as a concept still eludes some financial executives, but for Signifyd the most important thing to understand is it can be a strong weapon in the fight against fraud.

There’s a new hacker group on the rise using banks’ Swift credentials to facilitate their cyberheists.

In an age in which organizations such as Swift are subject to attack, traditional perimeter security defenses are no longer enough to stop attackers from getting into the system and stealing valuable information.

Birthday greetings from Facebook friends are far more dangerous than many consumers realize.

Mastercard has joined PayPal, Square, Stripe and a handful of banks offering “bug bounties” to volunteers willing to comb some of its websites in search of glitches.

For many restaurants that originally put EMV on the back burner because of technical complexities and a lower general risk of counterfeit card fraud, waiting to support chip cards has proven to be the right decision.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on the financial services panel introduced legislation Wednesday that would help banks remotely open accounts.

3D Secure — commonly implemented as a prompt for an extra password during an e-commerce checkout — was too clunky to appeal to consumers in its original form. But a nearing upgrade could turn 3D secure into a staple of e-commerce by tying it into mobile wallets.

Preventing fraud across multiple purchasing channels is the next major paradigm shift for bank card issuers and merchants.

Bankers already scrambling to comply with a number of different federal cybersecurity standards are raising concerns about a proposal from New York to layer on some additional state rules.

It's time not only to hold banks accountable for their security, but also to provide meaningful regulatory guidance on how to achieve security.

Our FinTech Forward Companies to Watch are helping banks step up their game by offering virtual assistance, better money management tools and other solutions.

Banks are expected to spend more on technology in the coming year, with the cash earmarked for things like upgrading mobile apps and adding self-service tech in branches.