Banking

Bitcoin Surges Above $28,000 Amidst Banking Turmoil

Biggest cryptocurrency Bitcoin surges to nine-month high after central banks liquidity measures in response to banking sector turmoil

1 year ago

Barclays Touts State-Of-The-Art Campus In Glasgow

As it seeks to attract top tech talent and continue the growth of its workforce in the city, Barclays opens…

3 years ago

Jack Ma Makes First Public Appearance After Ant’s Cancelled IPO

First public appearance in nearly three months for Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, after criticism of Chinese regulatory system

3 years ago

TrickBot Malware Update Makes It Harder To Detect

TrickBot information-stealing malware updated with new 'nworm' module that uses encryption and in-memory execution to hinder detection efforts

4 years ago

FinTech Part 3: The Future Of FinTech

FinTech offers many new ways to bank and manage money. With Open Banking gaining pace, what does this mean for…

4 years ago

TSB Suffers Another Online Banking Outage

Hundreds of customers of British bank TSB were reportedly unable to access their online banking and mobile apps services on…

4 years ago

FinTech Part 2: Building the FinTech Ecosystem

How are FinTech companies innovating? What's the tech that sits behind the development of their apps and support networks, and…

4 years ago

Unpatched Android Flaw Exploited To Steal Banking Logins

Unpatched 'StrandHogg' vulnerability found to be targeting at least 60 financial institutions, but could also be used to carry out…

4 years ago

Google Readies Bank Accounts For US Customers

Search engine giant is planning a banking move, in a development that is sure to trigger regulatory investigations

4 years ago

Banks Stay Away From Facebook’s Libra Over Regulatory Risk

Banks also cite their own competing payment projects and past failed digital wallets as reasons to be sceptical of Libra

5 years ago

Banks Launch Fraud Repayment Scheme

The voluntary refund programme aims to address 'no fault' scams in which customers are tricked into authorising payments, but not…

5 years ago

Study Finds ‘Systemic’ Mobile Financial App Insecurity

Tools including retail banking apps fail to take appropriate precautions to stop their software and systems from being hacked, researchers…

5 years ago

Apple Takes On Media Giants, Banks In Services Push

The Apple TV+ streaming service focuses on original content, while Apple also launches paid gaming and news services – and…

5 years ago

Banking Sector Leads UK To Top Five In Security Spending This Year

Meanwhile, worldwide security staff shortages are set to drive spending on managed security services to £10.7bn in 2019

5 years ago

Data Regulators See Spike In GDPR Complaints

Banks, tech giants and adtech firms are amongst those hit by the new data privacy law

6 years ago

AI, Cloud And Blockchain ‘Creating New Risks’ For Banks

Financial organisations must work with authorities to revamp banking regulations, study finds

6 years ago

Hackers Steal Millions From Mexican Banks Via Fake Transfers

The incident may have been orchestrated by organised criminals, says Mexico's central bank

6 years ago

TSB Banking ‘Back Online’, But Problems Continue

Days of chaos have resulted from a botched systems switchover at the weekend

6 years ago

Arrival Of Open Banking To Spearhead ‘Technological Revolution’ In Finance

Open Banking: New rules that require banks to share information with third party providers come into effect. But what does…

6 years ago

Catelites Malware Targets Bank Customer Logins

Sophisticated fake mobile banking app interface for Android will steal your bank login credentials

6 years ago

BankBot Malware Slips Into Google Play Yet Again

The banking Trojan, which imitates real banking apps to steal users' login details, has been reported on Google Play several…

6 years ago

Eastern European Banks Hit By £100m Cyber Crime Wave

A string of related thefts targeting banks in eastern Europe and former Soviet countries involved the coordination of physical and…

7 years ago

Mastercard Uses AI To Identify At-Risk Bank Cards After Data Breach

Mastercard Early Detection System will help banks see which cards are most at risk from a data breach

7 years ago

Contactless At 10: One Third Of All Card Payments Made With A Tap

Two thirds of Brits have made a contactless card payments since the tech arrived in the UK in September 2007

7 years ago

IBM & HSBC Team Up For Cognitive Trading Platform

Bank Tech: IBM and HSBC develop a cognitive and intelligence global trading system

7 years ago

TSB Becomes First European Bank To Deploy Iris Scan Tech

No more passwords? Biometrics move as TSB readies iris recognition technology for its mobile banking app

7 years ago

Santander, Tradeshift Plan Joint Supply Chain Finance Offering

The eurozone's largest bank has teamed up with startup Tradeshift to offer financing across companies' digital supply chains

7 years ago

ECB Cracks Down On Breach Reporting For EU Banks

Banks under the rule of the European Central Bank (ECB) set to face breach notification rules similar to GDPR

7 years ago

Online Security Incidents Cost Banks £1.4 Million A Pop

Financial organisations need to consider the cost implications of cyber threats such as DDoS attacks

7 years ago

Consumers ‘Overwhelmingly’ Prefer Biometric Security For Financial Services

Nine out of 10 consumers and banking professionals want biometric authentication put in place, but a skills gap stands in…

7 years ago