CIO

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Over 100,00 organizations are expected to be impacted by Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) cybersecurity standards that European Union (EU) member states must implement by October 2024. [i] This concept of least-privilege access is fundamental to Zero Trust Security practices.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Meet Bastion , a French startup that was created in October 2022 to help small companies tackle cybersecurity risks without too many complexities. What makes Bastion different from other cybersecurity startups is that it wants to be your first and last cybersecurity subscription. co-founder and CEO Arnaud Fournier told me.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

As I work with financial services and banking organizations around the world, one thing is clear: AI and generative AI are hot topics of conversation. In the finance and banking industry, however, organizations are seeking extra guidance on the best way forward. In short, yes. But it’s an evolution.

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CIO

AUGUST 5, 2022

Due to Nigeria’s fintech boom borne out of its open banking framework, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has published a much-awaited regulation draft to govern open banking procedures. And at its core is the need to secure customer data through a robust set of requirements. Traditional banking is fading away,” he says.

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CIO

MAY 16, 2023

When the chief banking officer of a $10.3B community bank visited a competing super-regional branch in her suburban New Jersey neighborhood, she noticed something troubling. Set amid an open floor plan, the stacks of files left sensitive customer information—business and personal, loans and deposits—available for all to see 1.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Different demographics often have different banking needs. So it’s no surprise that we have seen a flurry of financial technology startups offering banking services catered to certain populations based on factors such as age and ethnicity. Like many fintechs, Charlie is not a bank — its banking partner is Sutton Bank.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

From a cybersecurity perspective, how has been 2023? Very eventful year as far as cybersecurity is concerned. This continued emergence of cloud environments has greatly affected application development and their associated security architectures. What are the top three challenges security leaders will face in 2024?

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

With the goal to enhance intelligence in the digital banking arena, Huawei has unveiled a new framework to bolster infrastructure resilience. Meanwhile, under the third prong of zero trust, Huawei stated the need to build “multi-layer in-depth defense” to ensure service and data security. “As

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Bank over the years is that effectively deploying and making use of new tools requires a skilled and diverse workforce and a technology team with a strong engineering culture to support it. Banking on technology and people The largest technology investment for U.S. What we have discovered in implementing emerging technology at U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Hi, Crunchers, Today, there’s only one story on everyone’s lips: The sudden and dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the 40-year-old Silicon Valley institution. With $209 billion of assets under management at the time of its failure, it’s the second-largest bank failure in U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

SentinelOne, a late-stage security startup that helps organizations secure their data using AI and machine learning, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ). In an S-1 filing on Thursday , the security company revealed that for the three months ending April 30, its revenues increased by 108% year-on-year to $37.4

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Tenable

MARCH 29, 2024

Check out new guidance for banks on combating AI-boosted fraud. Treasury Department has issued a report aimed at helping banks and other financial institutions address this emerging AI threat. s cyber agency is warning operational technology (OT) teams to prioritize cybersecurity. Meanwhile, why CISA is fed up with SQLi flaws.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

Some of Silicon Valley Bank’s customers are struggling to transfer funds out of their bank accounts, numerous sources tell TechCrunch. treasuries and mortgage-backed securities that it had invested in, owing to rising interest rates. The bank also said that it was raising more capital, and investing into higher-yield products.

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CIO

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Digitalization is a double-edged sword for banks, especially when it comes to security. As interactions and transactions become more interconnected, even the simplest processes like opening a new account or making a balance transfer become riddled with security concerns.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

cybersecurity startup CybSafe , a “behavioral security” platform, raised a $7.9 This SaaS product with a per-user-based, subscription licensing model has a “behavior-led” platform that manages people-related security. In other words, it uses behavioral science and data analytics to help employees be more cybersecurity aware.

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Lacework

JANUARY 17, 2024

Lacework is proud to present our second annual group of 50 CISOs to Watch, a compilation of the most visionary and effective cybersecurity leaders in the industry. In a field driven by constant change, what sets a cybersecurity leader apart? With new cybersecurity regulations like the U.S.

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Lacework

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

a leading AI decisioning platform that helps banks make high-quality lending decisions. Kevin is a leader in the Australian digital banking sector and a seasoned information security veteran in the financial services industry. What’s Kevin’s action plan in the event of a security incident?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

Many large enterprises now rely on hundreds of third-party SaaS applications to do business, but their security organizations can barely keep pace. Right now, the state of the art for SaaS enterprise security are cloud access security brokers (CASBs) that act as intermediaries between users and the actual service.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In fact, CIO has reported that it takes only a few minutes for experienced hackers to set up a social engineering attack against enterprises (and their managed service providers) that consider themselves to be secure and protected. What methods are cybersecurity experts using to minimize the impact of these attacks? Let’s dig deeper.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Does your organization need to improve security and upgrade its IT infrastructure? These priorities are in response to an ever-evolving business and security landscape. How to balance security with resiliency. These implementations have also led to security gaps and vulnerabilities. If so, you’re not alone.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Last month, Varo Bank celebrated the two-year anniversary of obtaining its national bank charter. consumer bank. The startup launched its banking services in 2017, aimed at making younger consumers comfortable doing all their banking online. The move made Varo the first-ever all-digital nationally chartered U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2021

Oren Yunger is an investor at GGV Capital , where he leads the cybersecurity vertical and drives investments in enterprise IT, data infrastructure, and developer tools. He was previously chief information security officer at a SaaS company and a public financial institution. Oren Yunger. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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CIO

APRIL 25, 2023

Today’s consumers are accustomed to smooth, frictionless online shopping – and they increasingly expect the same kind of digital experiences from their banks. consumers use mobile banking channels, and 70% said mobile banking is now their primary way of accessing their accounts. “Most people do not want to go into a bank to do banking.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

Or, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority fining GT Bank £7.8m Or, Solaris , the German Bank-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider slapped with a restriction to not onboard any future clients without government approval. The opportunity for human error alone should be enough to strike fear into the heart of any bank manager.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

So Greenwald, Shoshan and Sarid, the former CTO of MuleSoft, founded Otterize , which aims to allow developers to securely connect different software services to each other and infrastructure by automatically configuring existing security controls. Otterize today raised $11.5 Time will tell. ” Otterize raises $11.5M

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2023

By Jude Sheeran, EMEA managing director at DataStax When making financial decisions, businesses and consumers benefit from access to accurate, timely, and complete information. For Bud, the highly scalable, highly reliable DataStax Astra DB is the backbone, allowing them to process hundreds of thousands of banking transactions a second.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Long before the pandemic, the way in which banks were regulated was changing. Initiatives like Open Banking and the Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) were being proposed as a way to promote competition in the banking industry — allowing smaller challenger firms to break into a market that has long been dominated by corporate titans.

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Mobilunity

APRIL 25, 2024

Banking apps face numerous other problems besides complex onboarding. Just imagine a banking app with simple navigation and personalized experiences — the qualities valued by 94% and 72% of users, respectively. Look at N26, a fully digital bank known for its intuitive, secure, and seamless experience, boasting over 8 million customers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Northmill Bank , the Sweden-based challenger that has around 200,000 customers across three European countries, has raised around $30 million in new funding. Founded nearly 15 years ago and originally operating as a credit provider, in 2019 Northmill secured a full banking license, regulated by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Bondaval’s flagship product are MicroBonds, which serve as an alternative to traditional bank guarantees and trade insurance by fractionalizing the underwriting process. Small retailers can still benefit from MicroBonds because they only need to pay an annual premium instead of posting collateral-based security, which means more liquidity.

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Lacework

MARCH 8, 2024

Women’s representation in cybersecurity has come a long way in the last decade, but we still have progress to make before the balance truly shifts. That’s exactly why Lacework launched Secured by Women last year; and now, we’re thrilled to be back to continue championing the incredible women making a difference in cybersecurity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

This weekend has been So Very Busy with a certain Silicon Valley Bank toppling over. You couldn’t go anywhere this weekend without overhearing dozens of conversations and realizing that everyone in San Francisco was an FDIC and national banking bailout expert, so that’s good (?) government would not bail out Silicon Valley Bank.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

TrueLayer , the London startup that offers a developer-friendly platform for companies, including other fintechs, to utilise open banking, is disclosing $70 million in new funding. TrueLayer, the open banking API provider, discloses investment and partnership with Visa. “We The Series D round is led by new investor Addition.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2023

This directive restricts bank customers from withdrawing funds from their accounts. s At Flutterwave, we understand that our customers’ personal and financial information is of the utmost importance. We collaborate with other financial institutions and law enforcement agencies to keep our ecosystem safe and secure.

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CIO

AUGUST 30, 2023

In my previous column in May, when I wrote about generative AI uses and the cybersecurity risks they could pose , CISOs noted that their organizations hadn’t deployed many (if any) generative AI-based solutions at scale. Not all companies have security systems that can detect, block, or remediate this type of behavior.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Nexta , an Egyptian startup that plans to launch its banking app in the coming months, has secured a $3 million investment from eFinance Group, a state-owned provider of digital payments solutions. Founded by Ahmed Hisham in 2021, Nexta wants to disrupt the Egyptian fintech scene with its “next-generation banking” app and card.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Banking infrastructure providers are mainly responsible for the proliferation of such solutions. They allow businesses such as mobile operators, e-commerce platforms, and logistics companies to embed and enable banking products for their customers. Banking-as-a-service startup Unit closes on $100M at a $1.2B million seed round.

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