Cyber Security
Visa’s announced it will acquire fraud-intelligence company BioCatch for $2.4 billion. Announced on 3 August 2026, the deal will bring BioCatch’s behavioural and device intelligence into Visa’s existing fraud, risk,…
In its newly published Annual Economic Report 2026, BIS said the global economy remained resilient through early 2026, supported by strong trade and AI optimism, but the Strait of Hormuz…
As cyber threats grow more sophisticated in the age of AI, Standard Chartered is sharpening its defences with an AI-led strategy designed to anticipate, adapt and outpace emerging risks. In…
Luxembourg’s financial regulator has fined Rakuten Europe Bank €185,000 after an inspection revealed prolonged and unresolved weaknesses in its anti-money laundering controls, including failures in transaction monitoring, reporting and due…
GoTyme Bank Launches Crypto Trading in the Philippines in Partnership with Alpaca The demand for crypto continues to rise globally, with the Philippines ranking ninth in adoption and 20th in…
In an age of rapid digital transformation, where banking innovation is driven by new technologies such as artificial intelligence, the tension between security and speed has never been more acute….
In an interview with The Digital Banker, Álvaro Garrido, COO for Technology and Operations and CIO for Information Security and Data at Standard Chartered, explains why cybersecurity depends as much…
German banks temporarily halted more than EUR10 billion in PayPal-linked payments after detecting a surge of suspicious direct debit transactions, according to German Newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. The disruption began on…
SINGAPORE / SYDNEY, June 2025 — Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) has launched an advanced fraud prevention programme powered by thousands of artificial intelligence bots. Developed in partnership with Apate.ai,…
Karachi, 3rd December 2024 — MCB Bank Limited (MCB), one of Pakistan’s leading banks, has selected BPC, a global leader in payment solutions, to strengthen the security of its digital…