The Federal Trade Commission testified Wednesday before Congress on its new privacy framework, which defines best practices for companies to protect consumer privacy.

M-Via has added free ATM cash withdrawals to its fee structure for Boom, a service for the unbanked to manage monetary accounts through mobile phones, the mobile-payment network provider announced March 27.

Led by new investor August Capital, ThreatMetrix Inc. has received $18 million in capital from it financing partners, the cybercrime prevention vendor announced March 27.

BALTIMORE – Horsetail Technologies and Credit Union Journal have partnered to make an extraordinary offer that will result in one credit union receiving a $100,000 Extreme Network Makeover.

Financial institutions in the Shazam electronic funds transfer network now may help their members with identity-theft recovery, a process that can be costly in both dollars and time.

MasterCard Worldwide plans to offer a new tool to help merchants mitigate the risk of fraud in online transactions.

The payments industry is seeing only the “first steps” of Near Field Communication development as a contactless-payment technology, so it stands to reason that lawsuits related to NFC patents would not be far behind.

In its quest to rise above the fray in alternative payments, Obopay Inc. has identified another financial-services niche ripe for modernization: business-to-consumer payments.

Elga Credit Union recalled about 450 Visa cards and discovered thousands of dollars in fraudulent transactions after being notified by the card company they may have been compromised.

An international coalition is attempting to create due-diligence tools, testing and standards that will help firms determine whether cloud providers are addressing common concerns such as accessibility and security adequately.

BALTIMORE – Horsetail Technologies and Credit Union Journal have partnered to make an extraordinary offer that will result in one credit union receiving a $100,000 Extreme Network Makeover.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Tyndall FCU has deployed a browser- and device-autonomous version of Integrated Media Management’s TotaleAtlasWeb, allowing members to sign electronic loan and deposit documents remotely via the Web across various desktop and mobile platforms, regardless of browser selection.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services has expanded availability of its My Deposit Mobile check deposit to include Android smart phones.

Discover's new deal with BilltoMobile looks like yet another way to cover its bets as mobile payments evolves in multiple directions.

Tap and pay could just as easily result in tap and steal with contactless cards, a recent investigation in the United Kingdom suggests.

Certain fraudsters that use Zeus-style malware to steal consumers' financial data may be reeling from a recent significant blow.

Unobtrusive until now, a set of unrelated security requirements is about to become pretty unpopular, and costly.

BALTIMORE – Horsetail Technologies and Credit Union Journal have partnered to make an extraordinary offer that will result in one credit union receiving a $100,000 Extreme Network Makeover.

YANKTON, S.D. – Services Center FCU has deployed eDOC Innovations’ ProDOC Packages workflow management system.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Air Academy FCU said it installed Harland Financial Solutions’ uOpen online account opening and funding solution.