Financial Services Industry

Do ATMs running Windows XP pose a security risk? You can bank on it

Banks' insistence on sticking with Windows XP as their ATM OS of choice is a risky move, says InfoSec Institute's Kim Crawley

Bitcoin regulation urged by law enforcement officials at New York hearing

Entrepreneurs want to attract virtual currency businesses to Wall Street

Bitcoin investors, legal experts grilled by New York regulators

The New York State Department of Financial Services plans to issue rules for the cryptocurrency this year

Big Data startup MemSQL raises $35 million

MemSQL was founded by former Facebook engineers, specializes in distributed in-memory database technology

Extended SEPA deadline may keep German electronic payment system running

German banks may meet an extended deadline for introducing SEPA-format credit transfers, but adoption of SEPA direct debits is still slow

10 Cloud Security Startups to Watch in 2014

Euro electronic payments will fail unless SEPA deadline is extended, warns European Commission

The Commission wants to extend its deadline by six months to give countries such as Germany a chance to adopt new payment rules

Belgian card payment network crashes two days after record usage

On Sunday Belgian payment network operator Worldline boasted of a record; on Monday it was a wreck

Rolling in dough, tech venture firm sends us cookie selfies for the holidays

Cookies of good fortune: Ultimate in hubris or creativity?

How to get a job in financial IT