Data security

In a partnership designed to protect online customers from attacks, digital security providers ThreatMetrix and Gemalto will provide holistic authentication options to an array of financial services providers.

Researchers continue to prove that they can beat biometrics. However, the authentication method is still far superior to knowledge-based questions so long as banks also deploy other standard security practices.

Some of the biggest risks facing any large bank come from within, such as human error or mischievous traders. Risk management consultant and author Andrew Waxman discusses how cognitive psychology and augmented intelligence offer help.

It's time for credit unions, industry stakeholders and the movement's 107 million members to speak up and tell Congress to get serious about protecting members' data from retailer data breaches.

The group representing large banks argued in a report Friday that overlapping regulations are hurting the industry's efforts to deal with cyberthreats.

Readers weigh in on the in-store branch model, how community banks hone their message, the difficulty cash-strapped consumers face in finding bank loans, and more.

Kmart has been hit with a malware attack that has resulted in the compromise of payment card credentials for the second time in three years.

Attacks like the WannaCry ransomware require issuers to educate staff and shore up technology defenses, writes Bob Antia, cheif security officer of Unitrends.

ATMs tend to run on older versions of the Windows operating system, which potentially makes them targets for ransomware that preys on such vulnerabilities.

Hackers installed software to grab customer data from point of sale systems earlier this spring.