October 9, 2013 - Merchants want online shopping to be easy, safe and reliable for their customers, while also mitigating the risks and costs associated with storing, processing and transmitting online payment data.

October 9, 2013 - Sapient Global Markets, a division of Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE), today announced a new solution to help companies meet the new requirements of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Designed to help firms consolidate and streamline the labor-intensive back-office identification and reporting activities now required of U.S.

October 9, 2013 - The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has warned that plans by Microsoft to discontinue support for the XP operating system pose operational risks for banks that still use it.

October 7, 2013 - All the major UK banks are set to take part in a large business continuity cyber-threat exercise next month. Called Operation Waking Shark 2, it is being implemented by a consultancy under the aegis of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Bank of England (BoE) and UK Treasury, with the intention of testing UK FI sector's ability to survive a sustained online assault from cyber-criminals.

October 4, 2013 - Software giant Adobe says hackers have hit its network, stealing the personal information, including encrypted payment card details, of 2.9 million customers.

October 4, 2013 - SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with Electronic Transactions Development Agency ("ETDA") of Thailand to promote the adoption and use of ISO 20022 among the financial industry in Thailand and ASEAN.

October 3, 2013 - Accuity, the global standard for payment efficiency, bank counterparty insight and compliance solutions, reflects on the key trends facing the banking industry following its attendance at the recent Sibos conference in Dubai.