A majority of U.S. consumers plan to do most of their holiday shopping online for the first time ever,* yet a new survey** from cyber security provider F-Secure finds that most internet users remain concerned about their exposure to cyber crime.

The survey of shoppers highlighted 3 major trends among American consumers:

French telco Orange is launching its mobile-only bank in Spain, tempting customers with a discount on their phone bills.

The research will focus on microarchitectural threats where attackers can read or ‘sample’ data to potentially steal information.

University of Adelaide cyber security expert Dr Yuval Yarom is leading the research, which aims to identify weak points in web-browsers that can leak private or sensitive information.

“Whenever you visit a website, that website runs a programme on your computer,” Dr Yarom said.

“If you visit multiple websites, concurrently, then each of them can learn from other website you’re reading and probably more information.

MV Index Solutions (MVIS) in partnership with CryptoCompare, the global leader in digital asset data, today announced the launch of the MVIS CryptoCompare Institutional Bitcoin Index (ticker: MVIBTC), an index designed to measure the performance of a digital assets portfolio which invests in Bitcoin, priced on select exchanges.

The MVIS CryptoCompare Institutional Bitcoin Index is a robust and transparent benchmark for Bitcoin, which will be used by Canadian investment fund manager, 3iQ Corp., for the purpose of NAV calculation of The Bitcoin Fund.

Ever noticed how you reach for your seat belt as soon as you’re in the car, without even thinking about it?

Or, on the other hand, how your decision to cut down on sugary snacks always seems to falter when you sit down in front of the TV?

That’s because, when you perform the same action in the same context regularly and consistently, it becomes a habit. And, once they’re formed, we all know how hard habits are to break. 

​European merchant acquirer, Clearhaus announces that is has integrated with the award-winning payment gateway, Newgen Payments. This integration provides a modern, future-proof white-label payment solution that’s market-ready for ISOs and PSPs to sell under their own brands.

Green investments are to be considered the good ones. The activity of investors involved in green projects is overwhelming. The new platform “Green Asset Wallet” powered by Blockchain launched to give the confidence to regular investors while financing in environmental solutions.

Just a few years ago an ethical approach was considered as an additional factor for investments. But since 2013 the supply of green bonds increased by making them an even more attractive way to invest and reached  $150bn in 2017 according to the World Bank.

Worldline, the European market leader in payment and transaction services, proudly announces the winners of its e-Payments Challenge 2019, the industry’s unique hackathon that speeds up the innovation-to-business cycle. The competition showed an extraordinary level of professionalism amongst the Fintechs and produced spot-on solutions to a multitude of industry challenges. Best examples are OneVisage that won the Grand Jury award and Cloudasset, awarded with a special prize.

With greater scrutiny of traditional financial transactions and more effective systems to identify fraud and malpractice across most sectors, criminals are increasingly searching for new ways to hide and move money online. Across the world, bad actors are looking for gaps in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) defences and loopholes to escape the notice of law enforcement agencies and regulators. They are doing so mainly through digital channels, where the landscape is vast and constantly evolving.

A global survey of institutional investors commissioned by financial automation software leader BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) reveals that 82 percent of global investors believe companies in their portfolio often resort to legal but ‘creative’ accounting tactics in order to attract or satisfy investors, causing investors to increase scrutiny over portfolio company financials.