Scammers have devised a sophisticated hotel booking scam by hijacking Booking.com accounts, prompting guests to share their payment card information. Researchers from Secureworks warned that customers received deceptive emails or in-app messages, appearing to be from hotel owners, requesting payment details for upcoming stays.

Source: XTB

XTB, a global fintech offering online investing platform and mobile app, announced today the appointment of Tomasz Gawron to lead the company's Artificial Intelligence (AI) department.

Banks within the European Union are currently falling short of meeting the operational resilience and risk guidelines set forth by the Basel Committee in 2021.

"Fidelity National Financial Faces Business Disruption Due to Cybersecurity Incident.

In a significant development, the CEO of Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has pleaded guilty to charges related to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) violations in the United States. The plea comes with a hefty settlement of $4.3 billion, marking a substantial penalty for the alleged transgressions.

Source: Temenos

North American banks consider technology to be the biggest trend impacting their industry – and are focusing their investment strategy accordingly, finds an Economist Impact study, commissioned by Temenos, which surveyed bank executives in North America.

The collaboration between the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), banks, and technology firms aims to develop a generative AI risk framework and explore its applications in the financial services sector. MAS initiated Project MindForge earlier this year to investigate the impact of generative AI on the financial services (FS) sector.