The outside-in mindset (where cyber threats are treated as external influencers) leaves financial institutions in a reactive mode and needs to change. The inside-out approach (where cybersecurity is aligned to …

Researchers have found that companies take an average of 30 days to close known vulnerabilities and that many others delay the installation of updates for several months. This is alarming …

Phishing is a massive global issue that more than 12 million internet users fall victim to each year. Typically, cybercriminals trick users into visiting a fraudulent website where they then …

Biometric technology such as fingerprint and facial recognition have been heralded for years as a replacement for passwords. While this may be true in the distant future, there are a …

No one is surprised by contextual advertising after they search for something on Google. But have you ever noticed it after just talking to a friend in a casual conversation? …

There is an arms race developing between cyber criminals on the one side and cryptocurrency exchanges and regulators on the other side. In recent years, there has been a tripling …

Last year, at least five major cryptocurrency exchanges were hacked, resulting in the loss of hundreds of millions of USD. The fault for such hacks resides on two fronts: the …

Financial institutions have become the epicenter of cyber-attacks, with a successful attack on one rippling through the highly-interconnected financial system. With the rate, pace and sophistication of cyber-attacks continuing to …

With technology becoming of greater importance to daily life around the world, the threat of cyber-attacks has become a real issue for many companies, both small and large. This is …

The potential of FinTech to help financially excluded populations of the world is well-documented, with FinTech helping to reduce vulnerabilities, build assets, manage cash flows and increase income. Yet FinTech …

The consumer financial system has an important role to play in achieve complex global goals such as ending poverty, abolishing hunger, moving to renewable energy and reducing inequality since the …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to change the world of retirement planning, with robo-advisors emerging as one of the hottest trends in this field. Robo-advisors are online services that use …

Millennials represent a drastically different generation than baby boomers or gen-Xers, one that has adapted to a broader range of resources and a much more connected world. Building a millennial-friendly …

The use of FinTech in China is highlighting both the good and the bad of lending in the world’s second-largest economy. On the good side, FinTech is being used in …

Bitcoin is the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency and is becoming more and more popular. To generate Bitcoins, a “mining” process takes place in which computers perform millions of calculations …

Futurists like to talk about how the future will be cashless and how FinTech is ushering in this new age of digital currencies, contactless payments, prepaid debit cards and mobile …

FinTechs have traditionally worked to provide financial services to the unbanked and underbanked. This is especially important today with the increase in the number of refugees and immigrants. Perhaps the …

For many around the world (especially those in rural areas), access to financial services represents a major problem; however, FinTech is bridging that gap and helping more and more consumers …

The sharing economy has quickly overtaken many business sectors. To be successful in the sharing economy, a company must adhere to four core principles that also define successful entrepreneurship in …

The volume of information in the world is increasing exponentially, and it is becoming difficult for consumers to analyze it all. For this reason, they are turning to mediator platforms …