Fintech News

JUNE 12, 2025

Anastasia Sakharova “OJK mandates that regulated entities implement strong principles of governance, robust risk management processes, cybersecurity resilience, and maintain market integrity. Source: Sumsub Anastasia Sakharova, Head of the Fintech Compliance Team at Sumsub, described the transition as nothing short of transformative.

Compliance

Fintech Review

APRIL 11, 2025

A Brief History of Fintech The origins of fintech can be traced back to the 1960s. Cybersecurity is a persistent concern. It represents a shift in mindset: finance as a service, not a place. This shift affects banks, insurers, asset managers, and regulators alike.

FinTech

M2P Fintech

MARCH 24, 2025

AI is poised to revolutionize loan origination. Emphasis on Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Digital lending faces rising threats: data breaches from hacking, fraud via synthetic identities, account takeovers exploiting weak security , ransomware disrupting operations, and insider threats. over the forecast period of 2024 to 2032.

Payment APIs and Integration

Fintech Finance

JULY 30, 2025

In addition to her executive role at SIBS, Madalena chairs several companies, where she provides strategic direction in pan-European payments, network management, cybersecurity, digital services, digital certification and financial management. Srikanth is a British National, of Indian origin.

Consulting

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 24, 2024

These achievements reinforce that were earning the trust of the large high-volume enterprises we set out to serve, and delivering on our original vision to make payments as easy as possible.

Payment APIs and Integration

The Paypers

JUNE 11, 2025

Additionally, iFOREX underlined that it has received substantial investor interest for its initial public offering (IPO), originally set to be in late June 2025 , with the deal being oversubscribed at the top of the indicative valuation range.

Financial Crimes

The Paypers

JUNE 11, 2025

From side project to operational platform The startup’s origins trace back to 2020, when one of its cofounders began developing software to help a local bar streamline tax reporting during the COVID-19 lockdowns. That technical exploration evolved into a product offering broader business support tools for the hospitality industry.

Financial Crimes

Fintech News

JULY 31, 2025

Strategically located in Greater Kuala Lumpur, the facility includes three availability zones and offers services for productivity, data analytics, cybersecurity, computing, and storage, coupled with in-country data residency, high levels of security, and lower latency.

AI

Finextra

JULY 10, 2025

Home News Ai Nationwide taps Microsoft and Accenture for GenAI-powered cybersecurity Editorial This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community.

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Nacha , the nonprofit that manages the movement of trillions of dollars in electronic payments, announced the debut of voice payments and cybersecurity resources on Thursday (Sept. It was developed by the Cybersecurity Response Project Team. Nacha was originally known as the National Automated Clearing House Association.

NACHA

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Food and Drug Administration is informing patients, manufacturers and IT staff in health care facilities about the cybersecurity vulnerabilities. While the IPnet software may no longer be supported by the original software vendor, some manufacturers have a license that allows them to continue to use it without support.

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

PYMNTS recently caught up with Gula to learn more about reports of hackers stealing NSA’s own hacking tools, and to learn more about how payments and commerce players should focus their own cybersecurity efforts in 2019. You have to have a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity.”. Upon first glance, the picture is pretty dim.

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

SWIFT is putting the pressure on its members to enhance their cybersecurity capabilities, according to reports by SC Magazine. According to the publication, SWIFT is encouraging and, in some cases, threatening its member banks to deploy more sophisticated cybersecurity measures.

SWIFT

Finovate

AUGUST 5, 2024

based SME lender Shawbrook partners with nCino to automate loan origination. Cybersecurity Fingerprint Cards appoints David Eastaugh as Chief Strategy and Technology Officer. Funding news for companies in lending and wealth management leads the fintech news this week. Lending U.K.-based million in Series A funding.

FinTech

VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 27, 2024

However, it is not clear where the data originated from as it was not from Snowflake. Meanwhile, the incident serves as a stark reminder of the persistent cybersecurity challenges faced by educational institutions in an increasingly digital age. 5 / 5 ( 1 vote )

FBI

VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 7, 2024

By default, ZTNA solutions assume that no individual user, or anything with an IP address, is inherently trustworthy, no matter the individual’s role or title within the company and no matter where a particular session or workload originates. How Will a ZTNA Solution Benefit Your Company?

Micro-Entry

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Czech cybersecurity company Avast was hacked by an outside actor suspected to have ties to China. . Reuters is reporting that both Czech counterintelligence service BIS and Avast detected an attack on the company. Avast said it first found suspicious activity on its network on Sept.

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Head of Cybersecurity Strategy Tom Kellermann said, testifying before a U.S. Additionally, Kellerman called for a tax credit to encourage firms in the financial vertical to set aside 10 percent of their information technology (IT) budgets at a minimum toward cybersecurity. House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday (June 16).

Cybersecurity

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

As part of the quantum pilot, Quantinuum, the world’s largest integrated quantum computing company, used PQC algorithms[1] and its Quantum Origin quantum randomness technology to demonstrate holistic protection of digital assets such as HSBC gold tokens from a quantum computing attack, and prevent “store now, decrypt-later” (SNDL) cyber incidents.

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

House Committee passed proposed legislation last week that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to create cybersecurity guidelines developed specifically for SMEs. As the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017 was debated by the U.S. ”

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

The hack originated from one of the NPP banks that were secured by payments provider Cuscal Limited. “Cybersecurity is an issue of paramount importance to NPP Australia ,” NPP said in a statement. This is the second time since June that PayID has been hacked.

Payment APIs and Integration

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

Victor Gevers of cybersecurity organization GDI Foundation revealed that he discovered a database of 364 million records that included social media profiles and chat logs linked to names and identity card numbers. Gevers added that the main database was sending data to 17 other servers, depending on where it originated.

Database

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Original investors Charles River Ventures, Glilot Capital and Maniv Mobility also took part in the round. The digital bank is led by entrepreneurs Marius Nacht of cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies, and Amnon Shashua of autonomous driving developer Mobileye NV.

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

According to Forbes , these significant distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks even successfully knocked independent cybersecurity news site Krebs on Security offline last week with somewhere between 600 gigabits per second and 700 gigabits per second of traffic. The collateral damage footprint can be quite broad and deep.

Compromise

Fintech News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Companies in the region report a 28 percent rise in cyber threats, highlighting the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures. Meanwhile, in a separate incident in Singapore, the cybersecurity landscape saw a significant surge in phishing attempts targeting local entities in 2022.

Deepfake

The Fintech Times

JULY 20, 2024

Problems caused by another ‘glitch’ in a content update for devices running Microsoft Windows, originating from a cybersecurity service provider Crowdstrike. This involves re-engineering the architecture towards modular, microservices-based frameworks, enhancing interoperability, and investing in robust cybersecurity.

Payments

FICO

JUNE 13, 2017

The use of scores that rate a firm’s cybersecurity risk — such as the FICO® Enterprise Security Score — is picking up momentum. In an effort to ensure that these scores consistently add value, and to ensure that they help rather than harm businesses, a group of firms recently convened to develop industry standards for cybersecurity ratings.

Risk

Stax

MARCH 4, 2024

Taking precautions to implement security measures such as secure firewalls and cybersecurity training helps to protect cardholder data and other sensitive information. It’s also critical to ensure card information is protected from data breaches with secure encryption and cybersecurity standards in place.

PCI DSS

FICO

APRIL 16, 2020

Marty Byrde, originally a financial planner, moves his family from Chicago to the Ozarks, best known as a resort community, after his initial money-laundering plans go awry. Between 1989 and 2001, most of the prizes were earned through illegitimate means. Find out more when you check out this series. Catch it on replay at your convenience.

Financial Crimes

The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Remote work, cybersecurity risks, and the struggle to find talent, all created the scramble to adopt the most efficient technology and automation for each company. The original volatility shock created a setting where executives did not want to implement new, and sometimes costly changes, but that attitude is changing.

Automation

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

And then get the FBI to contact the ISPs connected to those remote connections to figure out where the attack might have originated. And then examine all the connection logs at the point of ingress to figure where the attack came from on the internet. ” .

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2016

Fraudsters are winning the cybersecurity war, and are increasingly targeting digital goods transactions, which show a three-fold increase in attacks over the four quarters ending March 2016. sites that originate from other parts of the world have also risen dramatically by 200 percent in the four quarters since March 2016.

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The scheme originated from a number of phishing emails that targeted a handful of employees. Workers could receive emails that appear legitimate but contain links that request such details, or fake vendors, impersonated trusted names or malware could manipulate users into giving away information, for example.

Phishing

PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2018

Claroty , the cybersecurity company for industrial control networks, announced on Monday (June 11) that a syndicate of investors, including industrial operators and control system vendors, invested $60 million in a Series B round of fundraising. A perimeter defense to cybersecurity in today’s connected world is not enough.

Cybersecurity

Fintech News

JANUARY 16, 2024

These include cybersecurity threats fuelled by generative AI, high mortgage rates and inflation challenges, and potential commercial real estate market disruptions. While banks have invested heavily in cybersecurity, generative AI has introduced new vulnerabilities, such as deep fakes and sophisticated phishing attacks.

AI

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

A company such as Zededa generally operates in an area called “edge computing,” which a recent article from PCMag.com defined as “an architecture in which data is processed closer to where it originates.”

Security

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The Dubai International Financial Centre ratified the original version of its Data Protection Law (DPL) in 2007, for example — about a year earlier than Europe’s official General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and first Payment Services Directive (PSD) launches. The Data Privacy Twist .

Privacy