The government has used the law to bring fraud claims against Federal Housing Administration lenders, but the new steps respond to criticism that minor offenders were also getting punished.

With more baby boomers aging, credit unions must adopt policies and practices to help identify and stop these crimes.

New tech can help banks with less cumbersome systems track suspicious activity more effectively.

While doing the bare minimum means that companies avoid receiving hefty non-compliance fines, it doesn’t achieve a great deal more, says FIME's Arnaud Crouzet.

A new breach adds to a growing cybersecurity ecosystem that is full of sophisticated and connected networks which have been fed by each preceding breach, says Arkose Labs’ Brendan Brummer.

The goal is to get a better understanding of past incidents, thereby arming the Fed to improve its response as more companies implement faster payments.

As merchants and issuers add mobility for staff, they must come to grips with the shortcomings of mobile security, says Blue Cedar's John Aisien.

Determined hackers can always find a way. A detailed plan can manage the damage, says Datamatx's Scott Stephens.

Prosecutors allege that Sylvia Ash, a judge in Brooklyn, N.Y., helped Kam Wong, the former CEO of Municipal, cover up his fraud scheme.

Detecting virtual bad actors means paying more careful attention to the digital interactions and touch points within your business, and how users interact with you through apps, websites or customer service centers, writes Accertify's Andrew Mortland.

MFA stops broad attacks, but more targeted hacks can still get through, says KnowBe4's Roger Grimes.

Cybercriminals have become extremely adept at crafting emails that are indistinguishable from legitimate emails, says Valimail's Peter Goldstein.

A digital currency firm has been accused of recruiting actors to pretend to be Comerica and Mastercard employees, writing a fake prospectus and taking other steps to make it look like the two U.S. companies were its partners in an investment venture.

If time seems to move faster when a payments compliance deadline is looming, then owners of gas station/convenience stores in the U.S. will feel like October of 2020 will be upon them in no time.

Though synthetic identity fraud is down across the industry, there's been an uptick in such attacks targeting credit unions.

Companies should push advanced ID, but passwords and their fallout will be here for a while, says Sift's Kevin Lee.

Balances for accounts suspected of synthetic fraud inched up about 1% in the second quarter from a year earlier, according to TransUnion.

None of the 10 financial institutions in the Bank of Thailand's electronic know your customer verification test have completed the trial, raising a red flag for the myriad biometric risk projects underway.

NatWest is expanding its test of cards that use biometric fingerprints to authorize transactions, citing expanded use cases for contactless payments in the U.K.

Crooks can impersonate IRS officials, tricking people into using gift cards to pay for a fake penalty, says Chargeback 911’s Monica Eaton-Cardone.