December 22, 2014 - Based on its work this year in the fields of cyber security and financial crime, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence believes the following will be the top five predictions for the digital criminality landscape in 2015.
December 22, 2014 - A group of Russian cybercriminals which specialises in gaining access to the internal payments networks of banks has stolen more than $18 million over the past six months.
December 19, 2014 - Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services, is today delivering remarks on the new, revised, proposed New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) BitLicense framework for regulating virtual currencies, as well as broader trends and issues in payments technology, at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.
December 19, 2014 - The UK's Payments Council has committed to explore options for incorporating richer data sets alongside business and consumer electronic payment transactions.
December 19, 2014 - The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its final technical advice (TA) and launches a consultation on its draft regulatory technical and implementing standards (RTS/ ITS) regarding the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).
December 19, 2014 - US community banks are calling for a crackdown on merchant security protocols after reissuing nearly 7.5 million credit and debit cards at a total cost of more than $90 million as a result of the Home Depot data breach.
December 18, 2014 - Banks and insurers are moving away from perceiving regulation as a cost centre and in 2015 will be using it as a way to shoehorn extra budget for technological innovation within their organisations, according to predictions from business technology change consultancy Certeco.
December 18, 2014 - Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has earned the No. 4 position in Chartis' RiskTech100® ranking two years in a row. The company was once again recognized as Category Leader in Regulatory Reporting for 2015, marking four years running that it has won that honor.