Identity

27 Sep 17 @ 10:58

The security of biometrics technology is in the spotlight and stakeholders must take a balanced view on its strengths and vulnerabilities. As deployments proliferate, the technology’s credibility rests on the... read more

18 Sep 17 @ 14:50

Data privacy is driving the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in the UK, and yet it’s widely felt that banks and other financial services institutions have run out of... read more

15 Sep 17 @ 09:33

The adoption of the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is formalising the relationship between Banks and FinTechs by establishing Open Banking, providing open access to customer account data and the... read more

14 Sep 17 @ 09:48

The notorious dark web marketplaces Alphabay and Hansa, designed for criminals who specialised in monetising lists or “dumps” of credit card data, were shut down in July following “landmark” action by... read more

13 Sep 17 @ 11:20

Technology drove the first client experience (CX) revolution when advances in computer processing power allowed the early pioneers to develop data driven marketing policies. Now we believe emotional experience (EX)... read more

07 Sep 17 @ 15:15

Conversations are ongoing between the European Commission (EC) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) around the Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) under the Payment Services Directive... read more

04 Sep 17 @ 11:10

Consumers will soon be able to forget about PINs and frustratingly long 16-digit card numbers when shopping online and in the real world, as Visa moves to make Australian banks... read more

31 Aug 17 @ 14:01

The required procedures for Know Your Customer (KYC) have finally broken free of branch-based face-to-face meetings, and now enable banks to use videoconferencing and biometrics to verify a customer’s identity... read more

30 Aug 17 @ 13:45

Many banks around the world, large and small, continue to experience major security failures. At this year’s Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit, analysts explained their investigation of the takeover of a... read more

23 Aug 17 @ 14:14

In today’s digitally-driven society, being able to access your money when you want, from any device, is no longer a luxury but a necessity. In fact, being able to quickly... read more

22 Aug 17 @ 15:27

A new piece of Android malware, dubbed Fakedtoken is able to quietly steal victims’ details when they enter them into apps, as well as spy on their texts and phone calls,... read more

22 Aug 17 @ 14:57

In the latest Symantec annual Internet Security Threat Report, Cyber attackers revealed new levels of ambition in 2016, a year marked by extraordinary attacks, including multi-million dollar virtual bank heists,... read more