Multifactor authentication is table stakes in today's breach-heavy environment. Falling short of that standard creates a dangerously high threat, according to David Vergara, head of security product marketing for OneSpan.

Europe's new data privacy rules have forced banks to get creative to protect sensitive data from in appropriate access or breaches.

The research, carried out in coordination with the all-party U.K. parliamentary group on blockchain, profiles companies, think tanks, innovation hubs and individual players in the U.K.

Maybe it's coincidence, or maybe it's progress — in recent weeks, a number of large payment networks have suffered brief but widespread outages, particularly in Europe.

The Boston bank said the digital lending platform has cut down the time it takes to deliver loan decisions by roughly 40%.

Aggregate data from analytic and predictive modeling is helping State Employees' Credit Union improve delinquencies and other areas.

Within hours of learning about the breach, Brinker International, parent company of the Chili’s chain, issued a news release, website notice and social media advisories informing consumers and other interested parties of the incident, writes John Gunn, CMO of OneSpan.

Mastercard and Worldpay are embarking on a strong push to promote Mastercard's Pay by Bank system, which will likely face a deluge of competition under the updated Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which took effect this year.

Goldman’s next CEO pushes for more women in senior roles. Fifth Third’s program to retain new moms is working. And there’s good news and bad news at Bank of America, as it bulks up on female summer interns but pays out millions to an exec fired over sexual harassment claims.

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Citi and other banks are investing in automation aimed at speeding up the old-fashioned process for institutional clients' receivables and payables.

State Street said it would suspend a share repurchase program and issue common and preferred stock to pay for the deal.

The regulatory relief law passed this spring contained a measure to stop synthetic fraud, but the provision is incomplete.

Readers weigh in on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's leadership structure, react to a recent data-sharing debate, opine on whether banks should let consumers use their credit cards to buy bitcoin and more.

The growing asset-backed securities market could soon open up new opportunities for your credit union.

About 15% of Walmart’s workforce is budgeting and taking pay advances through the app.

Tokenization as a technology is suitable to support multiple payment use cases via a single system, ensuring emerging commercial models and the ability to adapt to new requirements are not constrained by an inflexible security framework, writes David Worthington, vice president of payments at Rambus.

The agency creates “regulatory sandbox” to help develop products, including crypto-based ones; FSOC agrees bank’s failure wouldn’t wreck the financial system.

Brad Leimer, venture capitalist and former head of innovation at Santander and Mechanics Bank, shares his top picks.

The acquirer OLB Group is positioning itself as a data steward for a future in which merchants will have predictive data to inform decisions on financing.