Risk

The equation is no mystery to those in payments or financial services: Expand your digital footprint, and you expand the opportunities for hackers to damage your network.

Consumer trust is hard to win, easy to lose, and eroding daily as attackers achieve success with fraudulent transactions, says NuData Security's Justin Fox.

Many companies have tools in place alerting them to possible security issues, but if companies get a large volume of issues, this quickly overwhelms the ability for security and risk professionals to analyze, prioritize, and remediate, writes DivvyCloud's Chris DeRamus.

Just as AI technology is being leveraged by hackers to create botnet armies, it can be utilized by organizations to better detect these very attacks, writes Imperva's Terry Ray.

There are several ways attackers take advantage of payment systems. Understanding that is part of the battle, according to Bill Horne of Intertrust Secure Systems.

Banks are using Receptiviti’s software to find signs of stress, collusion and questionable sales practices among employees.

Blockchain and distributed ledger technology offer many of the basic elements that are essential components for PCI DSS compliance, writes Doug Wick, chief product officer at ALTR.

The bank started buying more Treasurys and mortgage-backeds over a year ago, long before talk about rate cuts. What did it know that its rivals didn't?

The Financial Action Task Force’s recent guidance on data privacy regulations should serve as a warning to companies planning to test virtual currencies.

Financial crime screening solutions that are fueled by high quality sanctions and screening data will be a crucial component to achieving success in this complex compliance environment, writes Accuity's Nirhjar Daripa.

There is always the chance that privileged employees will either become bad actors who use their access to confidential data for their own gain, or that they will succumb to a hacking attempt and thereby open the door to an external bad actor, says Unisys' Maria Allen.

The movement has suffered several black eyes during the last 18 months. We should be worried about long-term damage to our reputation.

The German bank responds to an op-ed that criticized its restructuring.

Recent studies offer a dire outlook for water levels in drought-prone states. Some banks are bracing for this risk with changes to underwriting of real-estate-related loans.

The mobile payment revolution has made mobile banking apps even more lucrative and attractive to crooks.

Digital incentive marketing, gift cards and loyalty points creates more information to attract crooks, says PerimiterX's Omri Lluz.

Machine learning can build a layered defense, and analysts don't have to spend as much time combing through data to spot threats, says Exabeam's Anu Yamunan.

The Financial Action Task Force’s recent guidance on data privacy regulations should serve as a warning to companies planning to test virtual currencies.

Facebook's cryptocurrency poses serious regulatory and economic challenges to global markets, argues Ralf Gladis, CEO of Computop.

Treliant and Federal Financial Analytics have established a one-stop shop to guide financial institutions through uncertain business and policy times.