April 7, 2014 - Many Asia-Pacific institutional investors are unprepared for the introduction of regulatory reforms governing the US$600 trillion global OTC derivatives market, according to a new piece of research by GreySpark Partners - an international capital markets consulting firm.

April 7, 2014 - Coversure Insurance Services, the UK's only insurance broker franchise, today announced that it will use technology from Callstream to ensure its 100 regional franchise offices comply with the highest PCI-DSS requirements over data security when taking credit card payments, without jeopardising FCA compliance.

April 4, 2014 - The complexity of regulatory reforms in both Europe and the US places added pressure on asset management firms, forming part of the recent shift in strategy. This year, the buy side gathered at TSAM Europe 2014 to discuss how asset managers can successfully gain control of the ongoing challenge of regulatory compliance, alongside the management of vast volumes of data and coping with the cost of improving operating models.

April 4, 2014 - US credit card fraud increased last year despite efforts by firms to beef up their security, according to an Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) survey.

April 3, 2014 - More than half a million people may have had their card data stolen after a data breach at Texas wine and liquor store chain Spec's which dates back 18 months.

April 3, 2014 - U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) today introduced the Consumer Debit Card Protection Act of 2014 (CDCPA), designed to increase consumer protections and reduce liability caps when debit cardholders are hit by fraud.

April 3, 2014 - Europe's financial institutions have been told by regulators that they must protect their IT budgets in order to guard against the growing threat of cyber attacks.