federal government

How The U.S. Government Sets The Benchmark For Digital ID Standards
How The U.S. Government Sets The Benchmark For Digital ID Standards
August 07, 2019  |  Authentication

Knowledge-based authentication is a popular choice among merchants and FIs for convenient digital ID verification – but with data breaches becoming a regular occurrence, reliance...

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Wanted: Cybersecurity Aces — Mastercard, Partners Have A Plan
Wanted: Cybersecurity Aces — Mastercard, Partners Have A Plan
April 10, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Here’s a bit of heresy for 2019: Data’s not everything. Sure, data often gets called the oil of the digital age — and data, as a...

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What’s In Your ‘Citizen Wallet?’
What’s In Your ‘Citizen Wallet?’
March 22, 2019  |  Innovation

Government moves at its own pace, for better or worse or both, but that pace can provide opportunities for fraud and expensive errors – mistakes and...

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How PenFed Kept Financial Doors Open During Government Shutdowns
How PenFed Kept Financial Doors Open During Government Shutdowns
March 07, 2019  |  Credit Unions

During the 35-day U.S. government shutdown, federal credit unions had thousands of members without paychecks, with no end in sight. Ricardo Chamorro, EVP at D.C....

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Federal Cybersecurity Professionals Play Catch-Up Weeks After Gov’t Shutdown
Federal Cybersecurity Professionals Play Catch-Up Weeks After Gov’t Shutdown
February 11, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Federal cybersecurity workers tasked with protecting the federal government from hackers have been scrambling to catch up two weeks after the longest government shutdown in...

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Gov’t Shutdown May Have Cost The US $6B
Gov’t Shutdown May Have Cost The US $6B
January 28, 2019  |  Economy

The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government – which lasted 35 days, the longest in modern history – cost the U.S. economy $6 billion,...

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Some States Readying For A Fight Over Federal Government’s FinTech Oversight
Some States Readying For A Fight Over Federal Government’s FinTech Oversight
August 09, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

Some states are girding for a fight with the Trump White House over plans for the federal government to increase its role in overseeing the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Robinhood’s Crypto Trading Hits 1M, Seagate Feels Negative Effects Of Ripple
Bitcoin Daily: Robinhood’s Crypto Trading Hits 1M, Seagate Feels Negative Effects Of Ripple
January 30, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Like the rise of cryptocurrencies, interest in a new trading app that will allow users to trade bitcoin and Ethereum has surged, CNBC reported. After Robinhood announced...

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Bank, Tech Groups Lobby For Federal Oversight Of Data Breaches
Bank, Tech Groups Lobby For Federal Oversight Of Data Breaches
January 08, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

A group of financial, retail and technology trade associations are calling on the federal government to oversee data breaches. According to a report in American...

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