FinTech Futures Jobs: six skills that can get you hired in fintech
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Cybersecurity
The intersection of digital identity verification and customer empowerment
Mobile onboarding must deliver an experience that is secure and friction-free.
Financial organisations require a new cybersecurity “playbook” for the post-pandemic era
More than ever, fintech leaders need better ways to secure systems.
Report: What keeps AML & CFT professionals awake at night?
Do your peers share your compliance challenges and professional pains?
AFME: EU must focus regulatory efforts on emerging technology
The AFME focuses on crypto-assets, artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
FinovateFall 2020: making the cost of compliance work for you and against the fraudsters
Discover the key to undermining the ability of criminals to profit from cyber-fraud.
Chile’s BancoEstado falls victim to ransomware attack
The hackers are believed to be criminal cybergang REvil.
Stopping malicious insiders with deception technology
A deception-based platform helps firms feel prepared for attacks from within.
How online identity verification can help telcos in the aftermath of COVID-19
Online ID verification enables telcos to securely & confidently onboard more users without a visit to a retail store.
UK government proposes digital ID cards, yet to unveil private partners
The potential of a government digital ID in the UK could impact the fintech industry.
White paper: Next-gen virtual hardware security module (vHSM)
Noted cryptographer and Unbound’s co-founder/CEO Prof. Yehuda Lindell explores virtual HSMs, at length.
How government and businesses can protect minors online in a post-pandemic world
Any organisation that profits from selling age-restricted products and services should be held accountable.
YOU are the first line of your own defense for fraud prevention
Be vigilant online! You are your first line of defense against fraud.
How banks can balance UX and security amid a pandemic
How face-based biometrics and AI can deliver smooth digital onboarding and stamp out fraud.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 28 August 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
NZX halts trading for third day after DDoS attack
NZX came under attack on Tuesday through its internet service provider.
ID start-up Socure lands $61m from Citi, Wells Fargo & MVB
The start-up was co-founded back in 2012.
2020 PayTech Awards hosted online by Zoe Lyons
Join our celebrity host Zoe Lyons for PayTech Awards 2020! Free broadcast on 10 September – everyone is welcome.
Scotiabank pays over $127m for commodities price manipulation
It also faced charges of compliance and supervision failures.
Three ways fintech can confront security and trust questions during rapid growth
Those of us in security understandably tend to lead with the risk factors.
MUFG Union Bank appoints Devon Bryan as new CISO
Bryan arrives at the bank from a CISO role at KPMG.
Bond issuance is ballooning
But the process of issuing bonds is unbelievably slow and largely manual.
Containers and PCI DSS: 10 requirements financial services must follow
These requirements can present a challenge to financial services now leveraging containers.
Banks with IT-savvy board are hit less by cyberattacks and downtime
IT outsourcing expenditure increased by 10% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Capital One fined $80m for 2019 data breach
US firm pays the price for hack that exposed data of 106m customers.
N26 outed for 2019 data breach, employees ask for works council
Around 300 of N26’s 1,500 employees should have access to unencrypted data.
Talk like an Egyptian: a brief history of data encryption
Can today’s PKI encryption techniques fill the promise of inherently secure data?
Applications for FCA’s sixth regulatory sandbox drop more than 30%
Last year, the sandbox recieved a record 99 applications.
Morgan Stanley blocks remote network access for China interns
Its decision to deny remote access to its China-based interns makes it an outlier among its US peers.
White paper: Crypto-of-things for securing identity
The latest in key security innovation and the possibilities for enterprises looking to go passwordless hassle-free.
Disposable card issuer Privacy.com lands $10.2m
The start-up has issued around five million virtual card numbers.
How 5G will revolutionise consumer banking
When 5G is part of our nationwide infrastructure, it will transform products and services.
Managing fintech security remotely: overcoming challenges with WFH setups
Let’s take a look at what IT staff can do during this time of crisis.
Data privacy versus data security: why is it so hard to have both?
Blockchain and other DLT secure data by making it immutable.
Liquidity risk COVID-19: big vs small data
Banks must be prepared to perform deep due diligence on their credit lines and loan books.
Postbank replaces 12m cards after employees steal master key
The employees stole the bank’s master key back in December 2018.
Payfone identity verification firm lands $100m
The firm uses mobile data to create a “trust score”.
Report: Ten trends in reshaping banking in 2020
Business model, agile organisation, ubiquitous automation, technology modernisation, and culture and workforce transformation.
IBM returns to M&A market with cloud acquisition
The acquisition is IBM’s first since its $34bn buyout of Red Hat in 2018.
Banks, cybersecurity and virology
I would actually like to see governments take a more holistic look at how they’re fighting COVID-19.
