Data security

Under terms of the settlement approved by a Georgia court Monday, Equifax may also have to pay an additional $125 million if the initial amount doesn't cover all the claims.

Some security experts have warned that Iranian hackers may go after U.S. targets, including financial services companies, in retaliation for the U.S. government's assassination of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani.

A report from the Financial Stability Oversight Council cited a bigger share of originations and servicing by nonbanks as a potential vulnerability in the financial system.

A report from the Financial Stability Oversight Council cited a bigger share of originations and servicing by nonbanks as a potential vulnerability in the financial system.

The average number of attempts to defraud mortgage companies each month increased by 42% this year and hit the smallest businesses hardest, according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

Ginnie Mae is looking for input on its proposed guidelines for electronic promissory notes and other mortgage documents that it plans to test through a digital collateral pilot.

The National Credit Union Administration has unveiled a proposal to address a federal judge's concerns that its 2016 field-of-membership overhaul could discourage lending in low-income areas.

The credit union regulator has spent 20 years asking lawmakers for greater oversight of third-party vendors. Here's why it might finally happen.

Draft legislation would amend the Bank Service Company Act to give the National Credit Union Administration third-party vendor oversight, a power it has been requesting for the better part of two decades.

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization is working with stakeholders to come up with a common means of handling new tax transcript authorization requirements in the Taxpayers First Act.