May 21, 2020
FTC: Active Duty Troops 76 Pct More Likely To Report...
Active-duty service members are 76 percent more likely to report identity theft than most people, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC reported in its newest...
May 21, 2020
How PNC Is Fighting Pandemic-Fueled Financial Crime
Financial crime is a never-ending concern for banks, credit unions (CUs) and other financial institutions (FIs), with trillions of dollars and untold terabytes of personal information stolen every year. Bad...
March 05, 2020
Equifax Partners With CreditLadder On Rent Data Inclusion
Credit reporting agency Equifax is partnering with U.K. rent reporting platform CreditLadder in a move to include rental payment data in Equifax credit assessments, IBS Intelligence reported on Thursday (March...
February 25, 2020
Why Global Citizens Need Credit Passports
When one has a credit history, it is easy to overlook if it’s working as intended, as it is a fairly invisible piece of the fabric of day-to-day financial life....
February 20, 2020
Data Breach At US Defense Agency Compromised Personal Info
The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) said that its network was likely “compromised,” according to reports on Thursday (Feb. 20). The department is tasked with supplying information technology and...
February 13, 2020
Today In Payments: PBOC Patents Show China’s Push For Digital...
In today’s top payments news, the People’s Bank of China has filed more than 80 patents as it attempts to adopt a digital currency, and Fiserv introduced Scan to Pay,...
February 13, 2020
Equifax Sees 33 Pct Growth In Verification Services Revenues
Equifax reported results that showed growth in key mortgage and verification segments even as it continued to reserve for costs related to the 2017 data breach that exposed the records...
February 11, 2020
Today In Payments: Mastercard To Join China’s $27T Payments Market;...
In today’s top payments news, Mastercard was approved for a bank card clearing business in China, and a judge rejected Uber and Postmates’ request to stop California’s new gig economy law....
February 10, 2020
Chinese Ties To Equifax Hack Signal Tough Questions On IP,...
Not long ago, it seemed that Iran was the central cyberthreat to the U.S., at least in terms of immediacy. As reported in this space last month, in the wake...