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The Growing Cyber Risks in Fintech and How to Mitigate Them

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The fintech revolution has reshaped the financial world, creating new opportunities to borrow, save, transact, and invest like never before. With no signs of slowing, fintech revenues are projected to grow sixfold from $245...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: V 3, Issue 8, November 2023

FTC Amends Safeguards Rule to Require Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches - “Amendment will require non-bank financial institutions to report when they discover that information affecting...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] Banks in the Crosshairs: Cyberattacks and Aggressive Regulators - May 25th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Financial institutions are in a tough spot- caught between the “bad guys” (state-sponsored cyberattacks and cyber criminals) and “good guys” (ever more aggressive regulators)- what’s a bank to do??? Tune in to find out!...more

Alston & Bird

Payments Docket - June 2022

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Welcome to the first edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payment industry. This edition features a stolen cell phone number used to buy cryptocurrency, a pair of class actions accusing...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Financial Institutions Face Increasingly Stringent Federal Breach Reporting Requirements

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The last few months have seen a flurry of new federal cybersecurity incident reporting requirements and proposals impacting private entities in the financial sector. As the number and frequency of cyber attacks continue to...more

Blank Rome LLP

What Banks Need to Know About New Data Breach Notification Requirements

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Given the omnipresent concern about cyber attacks targeting the banking industry, the FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve recently published a new joint final rule establishing enhanced security incident notification requirements...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Beginning in May 2022 Banks Will Have 36 Hours to Disclose Certain Types of Cyber Incidents

Federal banking regulators issued a final rule that impacts how banks and other regulated entities report certain data incidents. Those subject to these new reporting requirements include U.S. banks and bank service...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Bank Regulators Approve New Cybersecurity Incident Notification Rule

Last month, the FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, and the OCC announced a final rule to improve information sharing about cyber incidents that may affect the U.S. banking system.  Among other things, the final rule requires...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

First Enforcement Action by New York Department of Financial Services Under Cybersecurity Regulation

On July 21, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) filed a “Statement of Charges and Notice of Hearing” (the “Charges”) against First American Title Insurance Company (the “Company”) alleging violations of...more

Fisher Phillips

FBI Warns of Continuing Threat from “ATM Cashout” Scheme

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The FBI is warning banks to be on guard against possible attacks on ATMs. In an alert sent to banks on August 10th, the FBI warned banks that it had “obtained unspecified reporting indicating cyber criminals are planning...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Beverage Law Update: June 2018

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Wage and Hour - Decision Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses, Resolves Circuit Split - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on May 21, 2018, holding that...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Banks Cannot Skirt Contract Remedies In Data Breach Suit Against Retail Merchant

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Attempting to advance a novel theory of law, several banks filed a class action in Illinois federal court against a grocery store chain arising out of a data breach that resulted in the theft of 2.4 million credit and debit...more

Morgan Lewis

GDPR’s New Requirements: What Investment Managers, Funds, Banks, and Broker-Dealers Need to Know

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The European General Data Protection Regulation, which will come into force on May 25, 2018, requires companies, including investment managers, funds, banks, and broker-dealers, with operations in Europe or information about...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Banks Find Success Suing Over Data Breaches

Banks continue to file suit against retailers, hoping to shift the costs of data breaches, with some recent success. What happened - In January 2016, hackers accessed Eddie Bauer’s point-of-sale register system and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Sony Cyber-Attackers Lurking at Financial Supervisor “Watering Hole” Target Banks and Others

Cybersecurity specialists at BAE Systems and Symantec announced last week new evidence suggesting that the criminals behind the notorious 2014 attack on Sony Corp. are also responsible for recent cyber-attacks involving 104...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Should Banks Be Held to Higher Standard in Data Breach Cases?

In a cautionary tale for banks, a federal court judge in Illinois dismissed a lawsuit filed by Community Bank of Trenton after concluding the bank’s sophisticated business dealings required a higher standard than consumer...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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China’s expected to announce Q3 economic growth of 6.7 percent this week—a number envied by any other country in the world but the sign of major slowdown there. Dealbook looks at what, exactly, a less-gangbusters Chinese...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Hacker arrests and prosecutions update

We previously reported that alleged Ukranian hacker Sergey Vovnenko, also known as “Flycracker,” “Fly” and “Darklife” was extradited from Italy, arrested and charged in New Jersey federal court for his part in disbursing the...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Alphabet Soup and Data Security

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In the span of two days, mobile device users learned of two data breaches that could compromise their personal data. In one, Experian (a credit reporting agency) reported that it was hacked, potentially putting 15 million...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Feds continue to prosecute hackers

Sergey Vovnenko, a Ukrainian hacker, was charged in New Jersey federal court this week for wire fraud conspiracy, unauthorized computer access and aggravated identity theft for allegedly hacking into networks of financial...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

“My, what beautiful eyes you have . . .” – Biometric Data and Privacy

Biometric data – obviously not in just the movies anymore. It is alive, well, and increasingly being used in our everyday society. But, on September 23, 2015, when the Office of Personnel Management revealed that fingerprint...more

Carlton Fields

EXPECT FOCUS: Onboard Technology, NAIC Cybersecurity, DOL, ACA Litigation, SEC Regulation (Vol. III, Summer 2015)

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In This Issue: IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - Your Data Breach Collided With My Personal Injury Coverage LIFE INSURANCE - - Phantom Injury Dooms “Shadow Insurance” Case - Latest NAIC Cybersecurity News ...more

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Financial Services Companies Seek Larger Payout in Target Data Security Suit

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Attorneys for certain banks and other financial institutions that are caught up in Target’s 2013 data breach are objecting to the $67 million deal struck last week between the retailer and Visa Inc. The banks and credit...more

Burr & Forman

TN Ethics Opinion Approves Lawyers’ Cloud Storage of Client Data

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Tennessee has joined other states in formally approving lawyers’ cloud-storage of client-confidential data. The Board of Professional Responsibility (“BOPR”) held that lawyers ethically may use cloud storage for...more

The Volkov Law Group

Checking In on Sanctions Enforcement

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The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control continues to ramp up sanctions enforcement. Even with the likely relaxation of the Iran and Cuba sanctions, OFAC has been continuing its aggressive enforcement...more

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