Enterprise cybersecurity is no longer just about firewalls and encryption. It’s about foresight and resilience. And increasingly, insurance, data-mapping and compliance. The cybersecurity and threat landscape is nearly unrecognizable from the one just a few years ago. Businesses have artificial intelligence to thank for that, as well...
Cyber insurance insurers in the United Kingdom paid 197 million pounds (about $259 million) in claims from businesses last year. The figure is up 230% from 2023, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said in a Monday (Nov. 10) press release, citing data collected from...
“Financial Scams and Consumer Trust,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Block, examines how the rise of digital scams is undermining the confidence powering everyday banking, commerce and payments. Drawing on a survey of 15,110 United States consumers conducted from Sept. 9, 2025, to Sept....
The recent hack of Salesforce should prompt Gmail users to shift from passwords to passkeys, according to a report by Inc. posted by sister publication Fast Company. No Gmail credentials were stolen in the hack, but business-related data like contact lists, company associations and email...
Artificial intelligence has become the spark and the shield of a new security revolution in banking. The reality of financial crime is that the same neural networks that can generate a perfect fake voice or clone a customer’s face can also be trained to detect...
The AWS & CrowdStrike Cybersecurity Accelerator is now open to cloud and artificial intelligence security startups around the world. The third annual program is accepting applications through Nov. 15 and will run for eight weeks, from Jan. 5 to March 3, 2026, according to a...
In financial services, milliseconds can make or break both transactions and relationships. The tension between speed, security and customer experience has long been the defining paradox of digital payments and their approvals. Fraud detection systems that lag by even fractions of a second risk alienating...
For years, merchants treated fraud prevention like seasonal window dressing — a necessary expense to get through the holiday rush. But this year’s PYMNTS Intelligence-Worldpay Payments Optimization Tracker, “Securing the Season: Fighting Fraud Without Losing Customers,” shows that strategy no longer works. What began as...
Microsoft said Wednesday (Oct. 29) that it is working on issues that have been causing service degradation on Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise) productivity apps and Microsoft Azure cloud computing services. On Microsoft 365, users may encounter issues when trying to access some services and...