Judge Rules; It is legal to post Social Security numbers on Web sites
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert B.J. Ostergren is a proud Virginian. She’s known as “The Virginia Watchdog,” but I like...
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Identity Theft Credit Card Security
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Credit card fraud comes in two different flavors: account takeover and new account fraud. Account...
GE Capital to Lay Off 127
GE Capital, the one-time pride of General Electronic, has laid off 127 more people in its Connecticut offices. The company...
Why Bair Will Lose Her Fight with Geithner
The pitched battle over regulatory reform essentially boils down to two perspectives. There is the Geithner camp that argues systemic...
The Central Banks’ Bank Says Global Banking Is Too Complicated
When the world's financial clearinghouse says the world's banking system has gotten too complicated, then something is wrong. But that...
Bank Lending its Name to NYC / MTA – Barklays Bank Branding a Subway Station
NYTimes and CNBC is reporting that Barklays is committing $4 Million (20 yr naming rights) to a Brooklyn Subway Station....
TJX Identity Theft Costs Another 10 million, Protect Yourself from WarDriving
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Most people are familiar with the TJX data breach, in which 45 million credit card...
Fed Stays Course on Rates — and Even Sounds Upbeat(!)
The Federal Reserve Board today maintained its monetary policy, leaving its recommendation for interest rates where they are: at 0%...
PREVENT “TOO BIG” TO SOLVE “TOO BIG TO FAIL”
Proposals to reform the financial industry purport to address the “Too Big to Fail” issue, but do not address the...
