NEW YORK - As new reports of major cyber attacks surface every day, a new BlackBerry study has found that most financial organizations are focusing their cyber security efforts in the wrong place.
Published on: November 15th, 2017 Mandy Kovacs @MandyVKovacs
Canada's financial services sector gainfully employed 780,000 Canadians throughout 2014 and generated 6.8 per cent of the total gross domestic product. But according to a newly released report from the Conference Board of Canada, Canada’s IT
Published on: December 1st, 2015 Bryan Dearsley @badearsley
Manulife has joined the expanding list of Canadian financial services companies betting on biometrics to boost security. The company said Tuesday that customers can now use their own voices to authenticate their identities
Keeping employees satisfied with their work can be tough – so instead of asking them to grind through their tasks, why not make work more enjoyable with a little healthy competition? At least,
Published on: October 15th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
Seal Software Ltd., a company dedicated to helping businesses find contracts buried in their databases, is moving into the financial sector with a new tool. Based in the U.S., the company specializes in
Published on: September 17th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
The cloud isn’t just reserved for startups and other tech businesses – banks and financial services companies are looking to tap into it, too. That’s the conclusion of a survey released this week
Published on: September 12th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
For businesses that deal with Bitcoin, it can be hard enough to master cryptocurrency transactions – but it’s a whole new game when they start accepting Canadian dollars and begin working with banks.
Published on: August 6th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
SAN FRANCISCO – Visa Inc. unveiled a new product for mobile payments and e-commerce today, aiming to help consumers to buy online goods and services more quickly and in turn, to help retailers
Published on: July 17th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
Financial services organizations are expecting to leave the BlackBerry Ltd. brand in droves, leaving BB10 behind and migrating to other operating systems, according to a new survey from the Ponemon Institute LLC and
Published on: March 27th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
Hackers are now using mobile apps to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against enterprise clients, according to a new report from Prolexic Technologies Inc., a security solutions provider focused on protecting
Published on: January 14th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
Online banking customers may soon have access to Mint, an online personal finance solution from Intuit. Intuit said Wednesday that it will be offering Mint, which is also available as a standalone offering,
Too few organisations in the financial services sector are investing in the response mechanisms needed to cope with cybercrime incidents, a PwC survey has found.This is despite cybercrime now being a major cause
Published on: March 27th, 2012 John E. Dunn @itbusinessca
Multi-million dollar fines, criminal indictments, and exorbitant e-discovery costs… Canadian financial services firms – including securities dealers and portfolio managers – could incur these in the not to distant future if they violate
Published on: July 8th, 2008 Kieron Dowling @itbusinessca
