Data security

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Attacks on ATMs and point-of-sale machines are getting more sophisticated and frequent. Crooks are trying to get as much use as they can out of their skimming devices before the migration to chip cards is complete.

False IDs are complex and difficult to spot. A combination of biometrics and other advanced security tecnology is needed.