Compliance

If law enforcement concludes that the company's devices were used in a cyberattack on U.S. companies, banks may need to change the way they choose, test and monitor point-of-sale equipment.

The decision came prior to news of a federal investigation of PAX Technology and a raid of its Florida locations that has prompted inquiries from customers about the security of devices that they have relied on for making and receiving payments.

The DeFi protocol Cream Finance suffered yet another 2021 hack in an exploit that stole at least $130 million and could be one of the largest thefts in decentralized finance.

The credit bureau's $638 million deal to buy the ID verification firm is its second M&A agreement in a little over a month to broaden its line of products and services that help customers combat fraudsters and identity thieves.

Financial advisors have a variety of objectives in working with their investment-planning clients. But when all is said and done, clients are usually mainly interested in a successful road map to growing and protecting their wealth to and through retirement. Risk management is a crucial part of that plan and how wealth managers can bring value to clients. In this session Michael Moriarty, Chief Investment of Wealthspire and Rick Bookstaber, Founder & Head of Risk of Fabric will discuss how investors and markets are changing and how advisors can position themselves to excel in this new landscape.

Cybersecurity teams are using scoring systems, standard formats and other tactics to prioritize the deluge of alerts they're receiving about commonly used programs.

The Justice Department is creating a new team to investigate and prevent hackers from using cryptocurrency exchanges to remain anonymous while extorting money from victims of their attacks, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Wednesday. 

Even with an industry-driven standard in place, some institutions still resist parting with client information.

American banks need the kind of clear rules European institutions have enjoyed for several years if they're to become leaders in sharing consumer data with fintechs.

Bank of America’s online-banking platform went down for several hours Friday, leaving thousands of customers locked out of their accounts before service was restored.