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25% of phishing attacks in 2014 targeted financial data
The Kaspersky Lab study ‘Financial Cyber Threats in 2014’ reports that 28.8% of phishing attacks in 2014 were intended to...
EMV cards are no panacea for credit card security
Whilst the EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) bashing in the US continues to gather pace, US banks, credit card companies and retailers...
Most valuable bank brands
The Brand Finance Banking 500, conducted by leading brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance, and published in the February...
UK banking body moves to regulate bitcoin
During 2014 we saw several occasions of significant political figures from the UK having a bitcoin friendly stance – is this all set...
Target fails to get lawsuit overturned
US retailer Target has failed to overturn the lawsuit brought against them by financial institutions over losses associated with last...
EPC updates the SEPA Credit Transfer and SEPA Direct Debit rulebooks
The European Payments Council (EPC), representing the European banking industry in relation to payments, has published updated versions of the SEPA...
Virtual currencies set to disrupt major markets within 5 years
Virtual currencies are likely to be a major disruptive force within five years, according to a new study published by...
Multilateral Interchange Fee (MIF) regulations impacting German banks
TSYS has released its white paper titled “How Issuers in Germany Can Replace Threatened Interchange Fees.” The paper explores the...