Neowin News Feed for: Bank

OpenAI wants you to give ChatGPT access to your bank account for financial guidance

Usama Jawad — Sat, 16 May 2026 05:34:01 +0000

ChatGPT can now connect to your bank account to offer personalized financial planning, spending advice, and savings guidance. Read more...

Apple and Goldman Sachs ordered to pay $89 million fine over Apple Card failures

Steve Bennett — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:46:02 +0000

The failures include mishandling transaction disputes and misleading iPhone purchasers about interest-free payment options. Read more...

The European Central Bank could issue a digital euro by 2027

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 May 2022 13:56:01 +0000

Fabio Panetta, an ECB board member, has said that work on the digital euro could tentatively start by the end of 2023. It could then be available to the public after about three years of work. Read more...

Standard Chartered CEO tells workers to not use Zoom and Google Hangouts

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 03:16:01 +0000

The video conferencing company has faced backlash recently after security and privacy issues were reported within the software. It is currently enacting a 90-day feature freeze to fix the issues. Read more...

Goldman Sachs addresses the controversy and woes of sexism surrounding the Apple Card

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:34:02 +0000

In an official statement, Goldman Sachs stated that the gender is not factored in when determining creditworthiness. It also hinted at the potential cause for lower credit limits, among other things. Read more...

UK: NatWest to begin testing voice banking on Google Home

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:42:02 +0000

NatWest is expected to begin a trial which will allow customers to check their balance and latest transactions via Google Home. The trial will run for three months with 500 customers. Read more...

Amazon Go stores are reportedly set to accept cash over discrimination criticism

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:02:02 +0000

Reports suggest that Amazon Go stores could start accepting cash following criticism that the stores are elitist. Critics said not everyone had access to the required app, or have a bank account. Read more...

Tesco Bank hit with £16.4 million fine over cyber attack in 2016

Ruel Revales — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:48:04 +0000

The Financial Conduct Authority has imposed a £16.4 million fine on Tesco Bank in the UK for failing to avoid a cyber breach in 2016 that led to massive losses for the bank's customers. Read more...

ANZ selects Google Cloud to deliver business intelligence to customers

Ruel Revales — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:42:01 +0000

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group expects the Google Cloud platform to speed up the way it delivers data-driven business intelligence to the bank's institutional customers. Read more...

'Sticky Keys' can be used to hack Russian ATMs running Windows XP

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:14:01 +0000

An exploit discovered by a Russian researcher shows ATMs operated by state-owned Sberbank running Windows XP can be hacked by pressing the 'Shift' key five times in quick succession. Read more...

Capital One quietly forces users onto mobile by restricting deposits

Christopher White — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 19:06:01 +0000

If you're used to using Capital One's website to deposit paper checks, you're now out of luck as the company has officially retired that service to force users into using the mobile app instead. Read more...

Chinese bitcoin exchanges start imposing 0.2% transaction fees

Paul Hill — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:08:01 +0000

After meeting with China's central bank, levies upon transactions going through many of the country's bitcoin exchanges have been implemented to help deter speculation among high volume traders. Read more...

Over 100 banks, telecom and government institutions targeted by 'fileless' malware

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 10:32:01 +0000

Security researchers are warning of widespread attacks on numerous institutions with a highly sophisticated type of malware that's almost impossible to detect because it doesn't use files. Read more...

Attackers can guess valid credit card security details by using legitimate retailers

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:32:01 +0000

Researchers have uncovered a security flaw, that would let an attacker guess the numbers and security details of a credit card simply by using legitimate online shopping sites. Read more...

ATMs are 'spitting out' cash after being infected with malware

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:22:01 +0000

Security researchers and ATM manufacturers are warning that attackers have managed to compromise ATMs and are stealing money after they force the devices to 'spit out' cash. Read more...

Advertisers find new target; online banking

Brandon Boyce — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:07:01 +0000

Targeted advertising is everywhere on the web, your browsing habits help ad engines decide what content you are most likely to click on. This alone bothers some people, but how would you feel if advertisers... Read more...

Million bank details sold on eBay

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:06:57 +0000

A computer hard disc containing one million sets of bank details was bought on eBay for just Â£35. The secondhand PC contained details of customers from American Express, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland. The... Read more...

Websites sell secret bank data and PINs

Steven Parker — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:35:53 +0000

Security breaches that are allowing the financial details of tens of thousands of Britons to be sold on the internet are to be investigated by the country's information watchdog. Without paying a single penny, The... Read more...

Bank Robber Uses Own Check in Robbery

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:07:38 +0000

A man robbing a bank demanded the money by writing a note on one of his own checks, authorities say. Not surprisingly, he was caught soon afterward. Forest Kelly Bissonnette, 27, apparently tried to cover... Read more...

Bank of Scotland blames human error in data screw-up

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:39:28 +0000

Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is telling 62,000 customers they could be at risk of identity theft after it stuck an unencrypted disc in the ordinary post, which was subsequently lost. The disc, containing information on... Read more...

VeriSign to offer passwords on bank card

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:58:40 +0000

A leading provider of digital-security services wants to make disposable passwords easier for consumers to accept by squeezing the technology into the corner of a regular credit or ATM card. Fran Rosch, vice president for... Read more...

IBM Wins Swiss Bank Deal Worth $460 Million

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:08:56 +0000

IBM has won a five-year deal, which it claims is worth $460 million, to provide Switzerland's Banque Cantonale Vaudoise with a broad range of tech services while assuming management control of the bank's internal IT... Read more...

'We'll bleed you dry', pledges Bank of Scotland

Steven Parker — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:23:01 +0000

Spotted at The Register: Not really news but it's refreshing to see the honest approach from a bank on loan's News source: El Reg... Read more...

Pharming Attack Targeted Bank Customers Worldwide

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:21:13 +0000

According to Henry Gonzalez, senior security researcher for Websense, an attack that targeted online customers of at least 50 financial institutions in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific was shut down this week. The pharming attack... Read more...

LOLing all the way to the bank

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:40:52 +0000

Maxime Seguineau helped found enterprise messaging firm Antepo in February 2000, just as reality was puncturing the hype-filled bubble of the dot-com craze. Back then, IM was mostly for teens and college students, who used... Read more...

Swedish Bank Struck by Huge Online Phishing Heist

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:00:28 +0000

Swedish bank Nordea, the target of one of the largest online heists, has lost between 7 to 8 million Swedish kronor (a little over $1.1 million USD) over the course of 15 months. Security officials... Read more...

Two-thirds of phishing scams target single US bank

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:36:08 +0000

Customers of the Fifth Third Bank in America were the most at risk from phishing attacks in August, according to figures from antivirus firm McAfee. The top two institutions targeted in August accounted for a... Read more...

First Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 23:10:35 +0000

As on Slashdot: An anonymous reader writes with today's announcement that "the Austrian project for Quantum Cryptography made the world's first Bank Transfer via Quantum Cryptography Based on Entangled Photons; see also Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Paradoxon." ... Read more...

Feds Shut Down Web Site, Probe Bank Scam

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:01:49 +0000

Investigators are trying to find the source of a phony site, purportedly from the FDIC, that tries to trick recipients into giving up personal financial data. Federal investigators are seeking the source of... Read more...

UK News: Bank of England email scam

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:30:53 +0000

Yup, it's another scam email sent in a spoofy manner by a load of merchant bankers... The Bank of England says it has intercepted over 100,000 fraudulent e-mails masquerading as computer... Read more...

eBay's PayPal settles Bank One suit

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:56:45 +0000

EBay Inc., its PayPal money transfer service, and Bank One Corp. agreed to settle two patent infringement lawsuits, eBay and PayPal said Monday. Terms of the agreement were confidential, the companies said. ... Read more...

Australia's largest bank hit by fraud spam

Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:33:07 +0000

Thanks to nathanintu for his post in BPN POLICE are investigating two fraudulent spam attacks in the same day, as both the country's largest bank and domain name registrar were targeted by... Read more...

Pawsoft Bank It 2.1 Released

Paul Wolfenden — Sat, 08 Feb 2003 01:11:38 +0000

Bank It is a simple yet fun and addictive freeware game. It is based on a very simple concept of banking accumulated points after guessing if the next number will be higher or lower than... Read more...

Subcontinent link helps huge bank deal

Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:50:56 +0000

A Sydney software developer has paired up with Indian outsourcer Tata Consultancy Services in a $US100 million ($181 million) deal to supply technology to the State Bank of India. The world's third-largest bank... Read more...

Why I trust Microsoft more than my bank

Steven Parker — Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:33:55 +0000

Just seen this over at Activewin. A new Gartner study comes to the not-so-staggering conclusion that Mr. and Mrs. America don't like online authentication services such as Microsoft's Passport and AOL's Screen Name service. The... Read more...

First corporate use of Messenger, DBS Bank Singapore

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 07:32:08 +0000

U.S. software giant Microsoft drummed up publicity for Windows XP, its most ambitious operating system ever, by signing up high-profile corporate users in Singapore ahead of its launch later in New York on Thursday. ... Read more...