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Report: Federal Financial Regulators Should Ensure Protection of Personal Data
Regulation // January 14, 2022

A review of five U.S. financial regulators responsible for protecting consumers’ personally identifiable information (PII) revealed four have failed to follow key practices, such as documenting how they minimized IT systems’ collection and use of such data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

GAO Report Suggests Tightening Regulations on Crypto ATMs 
Cryptocurrency // January 12, 2022

As regulators worldwide consider ways to police cryptocurrency, the U.S. reports use of crypto payments to enable illegal human and drug trafficking is on the rise. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

GAO: Lack Of Controls Could Cause Double Payments With PPP Loans, Unemployment Benefits
Coronavirus // June 25, 2020

Federal agencies lack controls to ensure that Americans aren’t collecting unemployment while also getting paid by companies utilizing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a scathing report issued Thursday (June 25). The study, which analyzed $2.6 trillion in...

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

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 on KBA can cost big. In this month’s Digital ID Tracker, David Temoshok, senior policy advisor at the National Institute...

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Report: Federal Financial Regulators Should Ensure Protection of Personal Data

January 14, 2022
A review of five U.S. financial regulators responsible for protecting consumers’ personally identifiable information (PII) revealed four have failed to follow key practices, such as documenting how they minimized IT systems’ collection and use of such data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all […]

GAO Report Suggests Tightening Regulations on Crypto ATMs 

January 12, 2022
As regulators worldwide consider ways to police cryptocurrency, the U.S. reports use of crypto payments to enable illegal human and drug trafficking is on the rise. Get the Full Story...

GAO: Lack Of Controls Could Cause Double Payments With PPP Loans, Unemployment Benefits

June 25, 2020
Federal agencies lack controls to ensure that Americans aren’t collecting unemployment while also getting paid by companies utilizing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said...

GAO: Post-Equifax, Agencies Must Tighten Online ID Proofing

June 17, 2019
After the massive Equifax data breach, a federal watchdog is warning the government against relying on credit agencies to verify the identifies of individuals using its services. Get the Full...