Latest Security News: Finextra Research

CaixaBank forges international consortium for cybersecurity research

CaixaBank has formed a European research consortium to explore ways to improve cybersecurity by leveraging artificial intelligence and big data.

05 January 2023

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Finextra's top research reports of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded whitepapers, sentiment papers and surveys over the course of the past year. These reports are Finextra-led and cobranded, based on editorially balanced, independent, referenced desk-based and online research.

30 December 2022

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Finextra's year in review

With 2022 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items, videos and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

23 December 2022

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Godfather Android Trojan targets hundreds of banking and crypto apps

Security researchers are warning about the Godfather, an Android banking Trojan that has targeted the users of more than 400 apps.

22 December 2022

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Santander advertises for 750 tech jobs

Banco Santander has opened technology hubs in Malaga and Warsaw to house 1400 tech professionals as the Spanish giant seeks to turbo charge its digital transformation programme.

14 December 2022

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NatWest adds Confirmation of Payee to open banking payments

Insolvency practitioner Teneo has become the first firm to utilise new Confirmation of Payee functionality embedded within NatWest's account-to-account payments platform Payit.

12 December 2022

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UK payments watchdog consults on new APP reporting rules

The UK's banks will have to provide transparent data on how well they are protecting customers against authorised push payment fraud, under new rules drawn up by the Payment Systems Regulator.

12 December 2022

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Santander UK fined £107.7m for repeated AML failures

The FCA has fined Santander UK Plc £107,793,300 after it found gaps in its anti-money laundering controls, affecting its business banking customers.

09 December 2022

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Combatting fraudsters is a ‘cat-and-mouse’ game - ING

In conversation with Finextra, Beate Zwijnenberg, chief information security officer at ING, canvassed new trends in cybercrime and how the banking giant is working against phishing and scams for its customers.

09 December 2022

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Which? claims banks are leaving customers wide open to spoofing fraud

Which? claims that security failings at some of the UK's largest banks are leaving customers vulnerable to fraud.

02 December 2022

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Predatory loan apps proliferating on Apple App Store and Google Play

Cloud security company Lookout has uncovered nearly 300 loan apps circulating on Apple's App Store and Google Play that exhibit predatory behavior, such as exfiltrating excessive user data from mobile devices and harassing borrowers for repayment.

01 December 2022

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MangoPay buys Nethone to help marketplaces fight fraud

MangoPay, a European payment technology provider for marketplaces and platforms, is buying AI fraud detection and prevention company Nethone.

29 November 2022

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