July 8, 2014 - Wall Street's biggest trade group has proposed a government-industry cyber war council to stave off terrorist attacks that could trigger financial panic by temporarily wiping out account balances, according to an internal document.
July 4, 2014 - Europe's financial institutions should steer clear of virtual currencies such as bitcoin until a regulatory regime is in place, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned.
July 4, 2014 - Barclays has become the first major organisation to receive a new UK government cyber security certification for its digital banking services.
July 3, 2014 - Brazilian criminal gangs have netted $3.75 billion in a micro-transaction fraud that compromises transactions made using the popular Boleto payment method.
July 1, 2014 - To help financial institutions better respond to upcoming regulatory and operational challenges, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services'leading subject matter experts have identified seven key risk management areas that organizations should pay the most attention to in the next 12 months.
June 30, 2014 - The UK’s financial services firms saw another rise in business volumes in the three months to June, and optimism continued to pick up across the sector, according to the latest CBI/PwC survey.
June 27, 2014 - Banking Trojans masquerading as Android mobile apps are spreading like wildfire through the smartphones of Korean users, with up to 100,000 devices so far infected.
June 26, 2014 - Spurred on by the fall-out from last year's Target data breach, 86% of US financial institutions plan to begin issuing EMV-based chip cards within the next two years, according to the annual debit issuer report from Pulse.
