T-Mobile's Next Big Move Is... a Checking Account?
While it’s not quite a pivot, it seems more and more tech companies are straying out of their lane and into the finance…
Report: Documents Show Extensive Huawei Ties to Suspected Fronts in Iran and Syria
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei and the daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei,…
China Warns of 'Grave Consequences' Over Arrest of Huawei Executive
China has warned the Canadian ambassador that if Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of telecom and tech giant…
A Russian Who Allegedly Hacked Into JPMorgan Chase's Servers Is Now in U.S. Custody
In 2014, some 76 million JPMorgan Chase customers were less than thrilled to hear that hackers were roaming around…
Google Reportedly Bought Your Banking Data in Secret, and That's Not Even the Bad News
In a post-capitalistic world that seems very specifically and violently designed to rip off the poor for the benefit of…
Facebook: Hey Can We Pretty Please Maybe Have Lots of Your Banking Information Too?
Facebook is looking to gobble up users’ financial information, including such tidbits as “card transactions and…
Wells Fargo Admits It Foreclosed on Hundreds of Homes After a Software Glitch
Finance titan Wells Fargo admitted in regulatory filings this week that a software glitch had resulted in some 625…
NYPD Testing 'Skim Reaper' to Fight Credit Card Fraud
The New York Police Department is testing out a device called the “Skim Reaper” in an effort to hinder credit card…
Major Bank Loses 12 Million Customers' Data in the Most Embarrassing Way Possible
Just when you thought all data breaches amounted to hacker shenanigans, the largest bank in Australia has belatedly…
SunTrust Bank Says Employee May Have Stolen 1.5 Million Customers' Info and Given It to Criminals
On Friday, SunTrust bank announced it was offering identity protection services at no charge to all of its clients in…
Man Finds Mystery $500,000 in His Bank Account—and It May Belong to Backpage’s Founder
A Phoenix news station reports a bizarre incident involving a $500,000 check mistakenly deposited into the bank account…
Researchers Unearth New Malware Designed to Make ATMs Spew Out Cash
Researchers have recently discovered new kind of “jackpotting” malware—the sole purpose of which is forcing ATMs to…
Congress Will Make Credit Freezes Free for All in Belated Response to Equifax Breach
Congress is set to finally do something that will benefit US consumers in response to the Equifax breach last…
Apparently a Way of Hacking ATMs Called 'Jackpotting' Has Spread to the US
ATM manufacturers are warning that criminals are hacking into their devices using a method called “jackpotting”that has…
This Cellular-Connected Smart Credit Card Can Show You How Much Money You've Got Left to Spend
In the United States, the big banks have been very slow to adopt new credit and debit card technologies, with secure…
Nordea Bank Chief: Robots Can Help Us Fire Legions of My Fellow Bankers
If you’re like most people, you do not like Wall Street or the financial industry, which commanded a large amount of…
Flashlight Apps Snuck Malware Into Google's Play Store, Targeting Bank Accounts
Active on Google Play Store as recently as last Friday, a mobile banking trojan infected thousands of users who thought…
Senate Intelligence Officials Plan to Question Treasury Department Over 'Alarming' Surveillance Report
US officials are denying accusations raised in an incredible BuzzFeed News report published Friday, in which a senior…
Why Some Are Recommending 'Credit Freezes' in the Wake of the Gigantic Equifax Data Breach
Equifax, the credit reporting agency which admitted on Thursday it had lost massive amounts of information for 143…
There's Been Another Bank Breach Like the One Carried Out By the Typo Hackers
Earlier this year, a team of hackers tried to steal vast quantities of cash using vulnerabilities in the Swift…