Financial Services Industry

DHS seeks to share top-secret info with banking and finance cybersecurity pros

Sharing sensitive intelligence can improve safety of critical financial infrastructure, official says

US agencies making progress on cybercrime, officials say

But criminals continue to target U.S. businesses, with the FBI currently investigating 400 wire transfer cases

Vending machine company announces major data breach

Up to 40,000 reported may be affected by breach of Vacationland Vendors machines at waterparks in Wisconsin, Tennessee

Isis carriers pump in $100M for mobile wallet plan

Isis venture still on track for NFC-ready smartphone rollout in 2012

Mobile payment security apps coming to NFC-ready smartphones

Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover all expected to offer apps

NYSE Euronext boosts network bandwidth with 10GbE throughout

For the stock exchange, the flatter the network, the better

Automation boosts market volatility, analysts say

High-frequency trading can lead to fear and panic among investors, some experts say

Chase.com goes down, but only for Firefox users

The problem comes about one year after a three-day outage

How Linux mastered Wall Street

Linux has become a dominant player in finance due to the OS kernel's ability to pass messages very quickly

Bloomberg CIO Deals with Stock Market Data Surge