Data security

Reg relief's done. What's next for banks?

05/22/18

The Senate bill is a huge win for the banking industry, but there are still plenty of unresolved legislative issues of interest to financial institutions.

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Banks strain to satisfy competing AML, data protection rules

05/18/18

Deadlines imposed by U.S. and EU regulators are giving banks intercontinental whiplash.

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Yodlee’s data ambitions grow with AI tools and millennial apps

05/17/18

Envestnet's aggregator rolls out PFM features meant to appeal to younger clients — and links to Alexa.

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The one area where banks and fintechs want more regulation

05/11/18

As more consumer data is shared across banks, fintechs and data aggregators, the industry is asking for regulators to step in with better guidance.

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What banks can do to avoid drowning in data

05/11/18

It can be difficult for financial services companies to glean customer insights from the abundance of information they have.

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Who’s on the hook for a hack? Aggregators team up on answer

05/10/18

A new set of principles by Envestnet’s Yodlee, Quovo and Morningstar's ByAllAccounts aims to settle a much-debated issue in data sharing: which party is liable when a hack occurs.

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Mick Mulvaney, controversy magnet

04/30/18

Since taking office in November of last year, acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney's actions have sparked outrage seemingly at every turn, including several times just last week.

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Mulvaney response to CFPB data security gaps baffles cyber experts

04/23/18

The agency's acting chief said hundreds of data breaches justified a halt on collecting information from firms, but experts question that logic.

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A breach from within: Why JPMorgan fired lead security staffer

04/19/18

The firing happened in 2013 after the staffer gained access to emails from top executives and shared them outside the company, according to a news report.

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Payday loans, CFPB data collection and Warren face-off: Mulvaney's 2nd day on Hill

04/12/18

Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney took heat from Democrats on whether he planned to take the agency's consumer complaint portal private while responding to Republican fears that its data collection activities pose a data security risk.

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