Neowin News Feed for: Banks

EU moving to block Big Tech from new data system

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:04:01 +0000

The EU will exclude major US tech giants from a new financial data sharing system. It's a move to protect the EU's financial ecosystem and digital sovereignty, but Big Tech says consumers will lose. Read more...

Google Wallet is adding more banks it supports in the US

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:30:01 +0000

Google has expanded the list of financial institutions it supports in Google Wallet in the US after adding 16 more banks. Read more...

FedNow Service launches bringing instant payments to the US

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:08:01 +0000

The US Federal Reserve has just announced the FedNow Service. It's an interbank instant payment service that will mean your payments to others go through much quicker than they ever did before. Read more...

Mastercard has developed a new AI tool to prevent scams

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 22:36:01 +0000

Mastercard has developed a new AI tool called Consumer Fraud Risk which helps banks to stop people from sending money to scammers. It could help prevent the loss of £100 million every year. Read more...

U.S. sanctions on Huawei and other Chinese tech firms restrict bank access

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:58:01 +0000

U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose more sanctions on Huawei and other Chinese 5G companies from accessing US banks in an attempt to reduce potential security risks. Read more...

EE launches Digital Identity platform to prevent fraud

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:30:01 +0000

EE has announced its new Digital Identity platform that consists of a number of tools to prevent the instances of fraud. The firm is working with banks to help make their systems more secure. Read more...

£503.4 million lost to fraud and scams in first half of 2018

Ruel Revales — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:58:01 +0000

Smuggling or drug trafficking criminals have stolen over £500 million from bank accounts in the U.K. through fraud and scams in the first half of 2018. Those criminals used data from breach incidents. Read more...

HP releases trailer for new "The Wolf" short starring Christian Slater and Jonathan Banks

Christopher White — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 23:52:02 +0000

HP has been highlighting computer security recently with short YouTube videos. Today HP released a new trailer for the third film in The Wolf series, a soon-to-be-released 20 minute film. Read more...

Iranian banks banned from trading cryptocurrencies

Paul Hill — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:30:01 +0000

The Central Bank of Iran has announced that other banks in the country are banned from buying and selling bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The bank is trying to clamp down on illegal transactions. Read more...

Amazon may be collaborating with big banks to bring checking accounts

Gurkaran Singh — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:46:01 +0000

The Seattle-based tech giant has been in talks with banks such as JP Morgan Chase to build a checking accounts-like facility targeted at a younger demographic and customers without bank accounts. Read more...

Xiaomi selects IPO banks including Morgan Stanley

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:58:01 +0000

With rumours that phone maker Xiaomi is looking to go public, we've now got some details about the banks which the Chinese firm is working with as it prepares for its initial public offering. Read more...

Android Pay can now be used from within some banking apps

Mina Esapa — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:32:01 +0000

Google's payment service for Android devices can now be used from within the mobile banking apps of selected financial institutions. Features from Android Pay can now be used from within these apps. Read more...

Android malware targets bank users in Australia, New Zealand and Turkey

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:56:01 +0000

A new type of malware is spreading on Android devices in a corners of the world. The trojan steals login information for banking and financial apps, as well as two-factor authentication codes. Read more...

Russian gangs using sophisticated hacking technique to make unlimited cash withdrawls

Chris Dupres — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:50:01 +0000

Using various "crimeware" software packages, gangs have compromised a number of financial institutions in Russia to allow for untraceable, unlimited ATM withdrawals. Read more...

Many banks paying Microsoft big bucks to support Windows XP-based ATMs

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 21:04:30 +0000

A new report claims that many banks in the UK and US either have or will make new contracts to Microsoft to extend their Windows XP support contracts past April 8th for their ATMs. Read more...

Microsoft: Indian banks could be at "major risk" if they don't ditch Windows XP

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:54:40 +0000

Microsoft India sent out a press release this week saying that banks there that are still using Windows XP could be at risk if they don't ditch the OS before the April 8th support cut-off date. Read more...

Facebook and Twitter can hurt your credit score

James Woodfin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:53:27 +0000

You already knew Facebook and Twitter can hurt relationships with friends, family, or your significant other. Facebook and Twitter may hide another danger: They can hurt your credit score. Read more...

Symantec: Trojan has 400 banks on its hitlist

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:45:47 +0000

A Trojan dubbed Silentbanker targets more than 400 banks including the household names in the U.S. and other financial institutions abroad and hangs in the background to intercept transactions with two-factor authentication, according to researchers... Read more...

PS3 Banks Big On Christmas Marketing

Andrew — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:15:46 +0000

There's little over four weeks until Christmas and if any of the three platform holders has realised there's money to be made, it's Sony. Guardian Unlimited has revealed details of the Japanese outfit's holiday campaign,... Read more...

Barclays banks on two-factor authentication

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:06:15 +0000

Barclays is to use two-factor authentication for the first time in an effort to prevent fraudsters plundering bank accounts. The bank's PINsentry devices will be sent free to half a million customers later this year... Read more...

Banks Starting to Look to Microsoft Vista

Tom Warren — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:51:48 +0000

In February, Microsoft launched its much-anticipated Vista operating system (OS). According to the company, the successor to Windows XP sports several new features that are designed to increase productivity for Microsoft's clients -- including, of... Read more...

Abit reaches tentative agreement with creditor banks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:00:08 +0000

Abit Computer has reached a tentative agreement with its creditor banks, allowing it to use its funds deposited at the banks as well as access to banks' credit lines available to the company, sources at... Read more...

UK Banks NatWest and RBS support Mozilla

Mon, 05 Apr 2004 18:24:05 +0000

This is excellent news; it was managable but tough to use natwest previously (fake user agent string + feature loss on site) but now it works just as well as in IE. It's also great... Read more...

Banks to miss Chip-and-Pin goal

Darren Bolton — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:17:51 +0000

Admit migration schemes unlikely to be completed next year The Chip-and-Pin Programme Management Organisation (PMO) has said that the vast majority of the UK's 42 million cardholders should be using chip-and-Pin cards... Read more...

Start-up banks on hack-proof Linux

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:22:35 +0000

Start-up Guardian Digital has launched an effort to sell a version of Linux that's less vulnerable to attack, a niche the company hopes will gain it a foothold in the market for the Unix-like operating... Read more...

Microsoft Banks on Windows to Win Mobile O/S Race

Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:20:39 +0000

U.S. software giant Microsoft on Monday took a swipe at rival mobile operating systems maker Symbian, saying familiarity with Windows will help it be the standard used in new high-performance wireless devices. ... Read more...