UK financial sector unites for Financial Sector Cyber Collaboration Centre
UK banks, securities exchanges and insurance firms are joining forces to fight cybercrime.
Cybersecurity
Daily News at Sibos 2018 – Day 1
All the latest news and analysis from Swift’s premier event of the year.
Video: putting the tech in insurtech
Hear it from the experts as they discuss the technology developments behind some of the biggest insurtech trends.
UniBank Panama integrates Ipsidy’s biometrics tech
Ipsidy’s shares shot up as a result.
Top fintech stories this week – 12 October 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
WB21 bank boss faces lawsuit by US regulator
WB21 bank boss faces lawsuit by US regulator
Top fintech stories this week – 5 October 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Europol teams with Cyber Defence Alliance to fight fraud
To share intelligence on cybercrime activities.
Dutch banking takes courage from cybercrime exercises
ING and friends mimicked WannaCry ransomware attack.
FCA fines Tesco Bank £16.4m for failures in 2016 cyberattack
Regulator cites deficiencies in debit card design and lack of care.
India’s fintech firms fight against Aadhaar restrictions
They want access to the biometric database to verify customers.
Darktrace sees the light with $50m funding
Cybersecurity start-up now valued at $1.65 billion.
Smart pay solutions for children: what every parent needs to know
Children are swapping piggy banks for prepaid cards and smart payment services.
HackerOne secures contract with US General Services Administration
HackerOne wins a $2m “bug bounty” contract with the US General Services Administration.
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo turns to Onfido for ID verification tech
Onfido will help crowdfunding platform Indiegogo fight fraud.
Gemalto and R3 launch blockchain-based digital ID platform
One identity in all online sites.
DefenseStorm forges partnership with Alogent
A reminder of the importance of cybersecurity to the world of digital banking.
Equifax fined £500k for UK security breach
15 million UK citizens were affected during the cyberattack in 2017.
Europol warns of crypto cyberattack increase
Its 2018 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment makes for grim reading.
UK government and banks plan anti-fraud initiative
Partnership will see UK Finance and panel of experts tackle scams.
The most desirable employee in banking: cybersecurity skills
It’s time to change the old security mindset of “outside, in” to “inside, out”.
Top fintech stories this week – 14 September 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Mexico’s Fintech Law now published and live
Setting fintech standards for Central and South America.
UK banks battle to deal with British Airways data breach
Tweets and action fly in fallout from banking and payment data theft.
Sberbank and 500 Startups unleash Russian fintech accelerator
Each start-up will receive seed investment of up to $145,000.
Fiserv flaw exposed customers’ banking data
The flaw (now fixed) reportedly affected hundreds of banks.
Cybercrime crew Cobalt goes phishing in Eastern Europe
Cyber researchers at Netscout put out a warning.
How insurers and start-ups are targeting the growing cyber insurance market
Sarah Stephens interviews a panel to find out how they’re targeting the cyber insurance market.
Andreessen Horowitz leads very nice $8.5m investment in Very Good Security
“You can’t hack what isn’t there.”
Spanish central bank gets hacked by cybercriminals
When cyber and political criminals ally.
NASA jets in to help Entrust Datacard security
Entrust’s authentication fuelled by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
World Economic Forum cyber centre powers up with partners
Sberbank is one of the founding partners.
UK banks urged to drop blame game in fraud claims
Financial Ombudsman Service wants banks to investigate cases more.
BearingPoint invests in Insignary to up security
Tech consultancy’s first investment in an Asian start-up.
Lloyds opens coffers to London coppers for crime combat
Lloyds will sponsor City of London £1.5 million over three years.
US wakes up to SME cybersecurity needs
The cybersecurity act disregarded SMEs, and this latest bill aims to fix that.
Fosun feeds $5m to Israeli fintech platform The Floor
This marks Fosun’s second investment in Israel.
Blockchain: from crypto casino to cross-company data management
What different types of blockchain uses are there, where does cryptocurrency fit in, and why should insurers even care?
HackerOne to US Marine Corps: we’ve got your six
Who defends the defenders in the US?
India’s Cosmos Bank stars in $13.5m hacking drama
Malware attack on its Swift and debit card payment systems.
