January 7, 2014 - Financial messaging network Swift has announced the creation of a global Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry to help banks to manage compliance challenges and reduce the high costs associated with implementing anti-money laundering regulations.

January 7, 2014 - The next 20 years will see Australian banks turn towards innovative financial technology to offer support for customers embracing mobile banking and new payment methods.

January 2, 2014 - US regulator Finra has slapped Barclays Capital with a $3.75 million fine for a decade-long failure to properly preserve electronic records, e-mails and instant messages.

December 23, 2013 - Some of the largest banks in the world are struggling to set up new compliance programmes that will satisfy the recently approved Volcker rule.

December 23, 2013 - The recent theft of payment data from customers of US retailer Target has highlighted the importance of security in this area once again and raised fears that the US is behind other nations of the world in its data protection and security countermeasures, particularly in regard to its slow adoption of Chip and PIN security technology.

December 20, 2013 - In the wake of the massive data card breach at Target retail stores in the US, the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (Nafcu) has urged Congress to crack down on data security weaknesses in the merchant industry.

December 19, 2013 - The US Secret Service is investigating a massive data card breach at Target retail stores across the United States.