January 28, 2014 - Art and craft retailer Michaels has been the victim of a cyber attack that may have accessed some customer information, becoming the latest company to be impacted in a spate of attempted data thefts.

January 28, 2014 - Innovative start-up fintech firms are working on a range of new technologies that will require major banking institutions to change the way they operate.

January 28, 2014 - The recent data breach suffered by major retailer Target has had a significant impact on US consumers, according to a new report.

January 27, 2014 - Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus says that up to 1.1 million customer payment cards were compromised in the recent data breach that hit its instore POS terminals over a four-month period from July to October 2013.

January 27, 2014 - Lloyds Bank and its Halifax, Bank of Scotland and 'arms-length' TSB unit, which was spun off last year but still relies on its former parent group's IT system, suffered a major outage of its retail banking systems in the UK yesterday with customers unable to withdraw money from cashpoints or pay for in-store goods with their debit cards.

January 24, 2014 - Tech spending by North American banks is expected to hit nearly $60 billion in 2014, marking a return to confidence in the sector after years of underinvestment.

January 23, 2014 - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Standard Bank £7,640,400 for failings relating to its anti-money laundering (AML) policies and procedures over corporate customers, connected to politically exposed persons (PEPs).