BigTech is coming for the financial sector, and banks are starting...

  Until now that is. Rumors of Amazon expanding into financial services have been circulating for a while now, and at last Amazon-branded credit cards have hit the...

How to fight the fraud crisis through blockchain and self-sovereign identity

By John Ainsworth The headlines keep coming with alarming frequency as are the bank alarms themselves: Earlier this month, HSBC acknowledged that the data of...

Leveraging Blockchain To Boost Cybersecurity In Fintech

By Faisal Husain As the Fintech sphere is evolving with advancements in digital technology, it is but natural that the aspect of cybersecurity needs to...

Canadian banks hire ‘ethical hackers’ to improve and test cybersecurity

  Hackers are targeting Toronto-Dominion Bank's internal systems at all hours using cutting-edge techniques, but the bank's head of cybersecurity isn't losing sleep over them...

JANET YELLEN: ‘I’M NOT A FAN OF BITCOIN’

By Pat Rabbitte Speaking at the Canada Fintech Forum in Montreal on Monday, Ex-Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen slated cryptocurrency Bitcoin.  Her criticisms were in the same vein...

All You Need to Know About Securing Your Cryptocurrencies

By Rameez Ramzan Cryptocurrencies can be challenging to understand and utilize for some people. Keeping them secure from hacking and other malicious activities is another...

How artificial intelligence is fighting financial crime

By Soumik Roy WITH cross-border communications soaring and digital transactions becoming more rampant, fighting money laundering has become more complicated than it previously was. As a result,...

The Rise of ATM Attacks

By Jeffrey Kok    When cyber-criminals are intent on exploiting vulnerabilities in the security surfaces of financial institutions, ATM systems can serve as primary access points....

Stronger security needed before open banking arrives

By Okta APAC GM Graham Sowden Historically, banks are known to be conservative and not expected to expose their customer data. This is driven by the...

Cybersecurity Forecast 2019: What should we be looking at?

By Sean Duca Prediction No. 1: Business Emails with Nasty Surprises, Attached Businesses are quickly becoming cybercriminals’  favoured targets. Over $US12 billion worldwide has been stolen over...

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Amazon Will Have to Issue its Own Currency ‘Sooner or Later’, Binance CEO Claims

By Omar Faridi Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, recently predicted that Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, would eventually...

In 2019, online marketplaces will change the way you and the government shop

By Dinuke Ranasinghe 2018 has been a significant year for e-commerce. Just recently, we saw record breaking global sales numbers with US$7.9 billion transacted across Cyber Monday...

Ping Identity CTO’s cybersecurity predictions for 2019

  Ping Identity has released its annual cybersecurity predictions for 2019. Among the top five trends in the coming year are a decrease in successful attacks...