January 14, 2014 - AT&T and Vantiv, Inc., a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions, announced today the availability of new payment products that deliver highly-secure, integrated and speedy on-the-spot mobile transactions to businesses of all sizes.

January 14, 14 - Following the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA's) approval of six trade repositories, there is a start-date of 12 February 2014 for derivatives trade reporting under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).

January 14, 2014 - Target has confirmed that crooks managed to steal the card details of tens of millions of customers by infecting its point-of-sale terminals with malware.

January 13, 2014 - US retailer Target has confirmed that hackers infected its point-of-sale (PoS) terminals with malware to steal the details of millions of customers, with the latest estimate of the numbers' affected rising to 110 million.

January 13, 2014 - Regulators have made a number of concessions in regard to the Basel III capital adequacy regime, which seeks to rein in the reliance many banking institutions have on debt.

January 13, 2014 - Many of the world's biggest banks have serious security flaws in their mobile apps which could leave customers - and the banks themselves - vulnerable to attackers, research from IOActive suggests.

January 13, 2014 - Neiman Marcus Group has become the second major US retailer in the last month to admit that hackers have compromised its systems, making off with customer card details.