Kathy Chu reports of Dow Jones Newswires reports on a study by Financial Insights that assessed the impact that fears of identity theft are having on online consumer behaviors.   » Continue Reading

Jane Kim reports for the Wall St. Journal on increases that credit card issues are making to the monthly minimum payment amounts due in response to federal regulatory pressures to do so.   » Continue Reading

Dan Ilett reports for ZDNet UK that APACS believes that online banking customers are waking up to the threats of online phishing attacks.   » Continue Reading

Jacqueline Emigh reports for eWeek about recent activities looking by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and RSA Security examining RFID tag security -- and responses to their findings by Texas Instruments.   » Continue Reading

Euronet Worldwide has announced that it has completed the acquisition of three new prepaid companies, one each in Spain (Telecarga), the UK (ATX Software) and the US (Dynamic Telecom).   » Continue Reading

Following up on a posting by the OCC last Friday, today the Federal Reserve and other federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies announced publication of new guidance to financial institutions regarding procedures they should follow in addressing security breaches involving customer information.   » Continue Reading