Debating Where Tech Will Take Finance

After the credit crisis of 2008-09, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker quipped that the only important innovation the financial industry had come up with in the prior 20 years was the automated-teller machine. Now almost everyone is walking around with a...

Shimmers Appearing at CU ATMs, Sources Say

ATM skimmers have become an unfortunate part of life for many credit unions, but another threat is now hitting CUs as well: illicit EMV card readers called “shimmers.”  A shimmer, when inserted into the mouth of an ATM card-acceptance slot, sits...

Consumers Lack Confidence in IoT Security

In an increasingly breach-shy, but connected world, 90% of consumers lack confidence in Internet of Things security; and some two-thirds of consumers and almost 80% of organizations support government-set IoT guidelines. Amsterdam-based digital-security firm Gemalto...