December 15, 2014 - Chief information officers (CIOs) in banking have an unprecedented opportunity to take a leading role in their organisations, thanks in part to the rise of "shadow IT". That's one of the paradoxical findings of a new global study published today by BT, based on a survey of almost 1,000 senior IT decision makers in eight regions and six sectors worldwide.

December 15, 2014 - Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of advanced threat, security and compliance management solutions, and Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced a technology partnership and integration. The collaboration is part of Tripwire's Technology Alliance Program (TAP), designed to allow a wide variety of vendors to team with Tripwire to deliver innovative security solutions.

December 12, 2014 - Mobile authentication startup Payfone is working with US financial institutions to introduce technology that utilises the same security standards applied by wireless operators to identify their customers as they log-in to m-banking apps.

December 11, 2014 - Despite ever-growing volumes of data, just over half of banks still think that not having enough is the greatest obstacle to better risk management, according to a survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit.

December 11, 2014 - US mobile payments outfit Charge Anywhere has admitted that malware has been lurking on its network for five years, putting unencrypted payment card data at risk.

December 11, 2014 - Wolters Kluwer Financial Services and governance, risk and compliance expert and GRC 20/20 founder, Michael Rasmussen, today announced the release of a new report, "Regulatory Change Management: Effectively Managing Regulatory Change in Financial Services."

December 10, 2014 - The largest private bank in Ecuador, Banco Pichincha, has selected MetricStream to provide a multi-lingual cloud-based solution for business continuity management (BCM).