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Global Official Institutions Are Becoming More Agile in Face of Economic Uncertainty
April 7, 2016 - New Research from State Street Shows Official Institutions are Focusing on Risk Management, Governance, Technology and Talent as They Diversify Their Investment Portfolios.
Neo4j Powers the Biggest Financial Leaks in History – the Tax Haven Scandals Exposed in 'The Panama Papers'
April 5, 2016 - The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists used Neo4j, the world's leading graph database technology, to unearth what's hailed as the world's biggest- ever financial leak story.
US charges Iran-government linked hackers with cyber-attacks on US banks
March 24, 2016 - The US Justice Department has indicted seven Iranians connected to the country's government with cyber-attacks on a host of major banks.
Swiss regulator amends rules to allow fintech to flourish
March 18, 2016 - Swiss financial markets watchdog Finma has pushed through a raft of new initiatives in a bid to stimulate further growth and innovation in the country's emerging fintech sector.
MasterCard Sees Continued Momentum in U.S. EMV Adoption
March 31, 2016 - Americans are quickly embracing EMV chip cards, just six months after the latest milestone in the migration timeline. While consumers increasingly dip their cards to pay in-store, progress has been made by both card issuers and merchants.
Tripwire RSA Survey: Only 38 Percent of Security Professionals Confident in Ransomware Recovery
March 24, 2016 - Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of endpoint protection and response, security and compliance solutions, today announced the results of a survey of 200 security professionals attending the RSA Conference 2016between February 29-March 4, 2016.
AmEx warns card members of merchant data breach
March 17, 2016 - American Express is writing to some card members warning that their account information has been compromised by a data breach at a third party provider.
ISACA Outlines Five Steps to Planning an Effective IS Audit Program
March 31, 2016 - A new report from global IT association ISACA identifies five steps organizations should take to create an effective audit program and reap the benefits of a successful information systems (IS) audit.
National Cyber Security Centre to work with Bank of England
March 23, 2016 - The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Matt Hancock, has confirmed today that the UK's new national cyber centre, announced by the Chancellor in November, will be called the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
Compliance challenged by new regs, business demands and lagging IT architecture
March 16, 2016 - The ability of financial institutions' compliance function to manage risk is being challenged by rising expectations for the function to play a stronger role in front-office processes, the increased volume and complexity of regulations, and a lagging data and technology architecture, according to a new compliance risk report from Accenture (ACN).
EMVCo Updates Payment Tokenisation Specification to Introduce 'Payment Account Reference'
March 29, 2016 - Global technical body EMVCo has released a bulletin updating the EMV® Payment Tokenisation Specification – Technical Framework to provide the payment community with a global, consistent framework to implement 'Payment Account Reference' (PAR). To be used by merchants, acquirers and payment processors, PAR can enhance security by limiting references to a cardholder's primary account number (PAN) in the payment ecosystem.
Russian banks lose $25.7 million to network worm
March 18, 2016 - Russian banks have lost $25.7 million in the past six months to a new form of malware that infects IT networks and can only be eradicated by a complete infrastructure shut-down.
Finra takes a closer look at robo-advisors
March 15, 2016 - US regulatory body Finra (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has waded into the growing market for robo-advisory services, warning firms of the need for sound governance and supervision of digital investment tools.
