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Financial institutions need to beware of advanced persistent threats and of the potential security shortcomings of their vendors, experts say.

Data center operators and users such as banks need to plan now for AI's growing power needs.

Fast-growing innovation is sparking bullish sentiment following a boom-and-bust cycle of the past four years.

2024 brought important issues front and center for bankers, ranging from the rise of artificial intelligence to the fall of banking-as-a-service.

The department was notified December 8 by third-party software provider BeyondTrust that a hacker had gained access through a tech support service.

In 2024, some banks were reluctant to publicly discuss their AI projects while others couldn't wait. Here's a look at the AI stories American Banker readers clicked on the most.

With transparency, security and reliability embedded at its core, a blockchain is not merely a way to enhance existing systems — it represents a model for what banking should aspire to be.

New tools, new partnerships and a new focus on combating increasingly complex fraud schemes will take center stage in the new year. This could be a turning point in a long-running battle.

From embedded finance to artificial intelligence to real-time processing, there are plenty of sources of competition and opportunity in the new year.

The U.S. is risking the status of the dollar as the world's reserve currency by delaying the launch of a central bank digital currency. Adopting a "federated" version of a CBDC could answer the concerns of many skeptics.