6 Tax Season Cybersecurity Risks to Avoid

Tax-related themes are frequent lures for phishing emails and websites. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Proofpoint revealed cybercriminals expanded their attack methods this tax season to include ransomware, malware, malicious documents, and social engineering. In a blog the...

Consumers Still Struggling to Open Accounts Digitally

Opening a checking account using only a smartphone or tablet is still a pipe dream for most users, according to new research from Javelin Strategy & Research.  According to a study of nearly 1,400 people who successfully applied for checking accounts at the...

Former CEO Faces Felony Charge

A former president/CEO of a merged Nebraska credit union will face a federal judge March 14 on six felony bank fraud charges. According to an indictment filed by federal prosecutors last week, Christine Darley, 44, allegedly embezzled more than $535,000 from the $3...

CFPB Unknown & Fighting for Its Life

If ignorance is bliss, lots of Americans are humming a happy tune. Specifically, 81% of Americans polled by CreditCards.com did not know enough about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to have an opinion about it, even though the five-year-old...