Source: Trustly

Socure, the leading provider of artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, sanction screening and fraud prevention, and Trustly, a leading global Open Banking payments provider, today announced an industry-first partnership to offer merchants and fintechs a streamlined onboarding and guaranteed Pay by Bank solution.

Source: BNY Mellon

BNY Mellon has appointed Gary Delaney as International Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

Mortgage lending firm loanDepot reported a significant breach in which the personal information of nearly 17 million customers was compromised during a ransomware attack in January.

Senior payment experts from the European Central Bank have characterized the SEC's recent approval of spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for bitcoin as a stark illustration of the "Emperor's New Clothes" phenomenon. They argue that this move legitimizes a currency whose intrinsic value as an asset is essentially negligible.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with software provider Avast, requiring the company to pay $16.5 million and prohibiting it from selling or licensing web browsing data for advertising purposes. This settlement addresses allegations that Avast and its subsidiaries sold such data to third parties despite promising consumers that their products would protect them from online tracking.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a resolution with DoorDash today, addressing breaches of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA).

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a directive to the country's financial institutions, urging them to ready themselves for the increasing cybersecurity threats posed by quantum computing.