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6 cybersecurity tools to know about in 2019
Cybersecurity is becoming more and more vital to how we live. Here are six up-and-coming cybersecurity tools to keep an eye on in 2019: SafeBlocks – SafeBlocks offers real-time protection …
Read More »The inside-out approach to cybersecurity in banking
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 …
Read More »The surprising slowness of IT departments
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 …
Read More »How to identify a phishing site
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 …
Read More »Five reasons passwords are here to stay (at least for now)
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 …
Read More »Is your phone spying on you?
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? …
Read More »Increasing amount of theft at cryptocurrency exchanges
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 …
Read More »Why cryptocurrency exchanges are hacked so often
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 …
Read More »Big data could provide the solution to cyber-attacks
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 …
Read More »The future of cybersecurity in banking
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 …
Read More »FinTech for the financially excluded
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 …
Read More »The social impact imperative of FinTechs
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 …
Read More »The rise of the robo-advisor in retirement planning
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 …
Read More »Building a millennial-friendly brand through social awareness
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 …
Read More »FinTech highlights the good and bad of lending in China
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 …
Read More »The problem of Bitcoin’s energy usage
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 …
Read More »Forget why FinTech is good; here’s why cash is bad
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 …
Read More »How FinTechs are helping refugees and immigrants
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 …
Read More »How FinTech is helping the unbanked and underbanked
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 …
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