Data security

SunTrust let about eight weeks pass before telling the public that data tied to 1.5 million customers had been stolen.

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.

PCI compliance can't solve all security problems. EMV, encryption are all necessary to protect merchants from data breaches, writes Jeff Zimmerman, COO of Clearent.

The firing happened in 2013 after the staffer gained access to emails from top executives and shared them outside the company, according to a news report.

It's too soon to tell whether a new button would replace Visa Checkout and Masterpass as brands. It's also unclear why consumers would choose another new payment option over the many options available today — such as PayPal.

WebAuthn could eventually mean passwords are replaced with fingerprints and facial recognition. But how hard will it be to implement?

The Senate is expected to pass a bill that would ax controversial guidance on loans at car dealerships; lower tax rate may have skewed year-on-year comparisons.

Whether due to costs, growing cyber threats or other factors, a growing number of credit unions are outsourcing an important C-level security role.

Whether the threat stems from technology or human nature, fraudsters are exploiting any opening they can.

Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney took heat from Democrats on whether he planned to take the agency's consumer complaint portal private while responding to Republican fears that its data collection activities pose a data security risk.