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This archive brings together coverage of cyber risk, defenses, and security trends affecting financial institutions across Latin America. It includes reporting on digital fraud, data protection, regulatory compliance, infrastructure attacks, and how the industry responds to emerging threats.
Argentina court orders bank to repay fraud loss
A La Plata court ordered a bank to return 11.2 million pesos after six unauthorized transfers in a digital fraud case.
Sep 29, 2026 · 3 min
LATAM Leads Card Fraud, Stripe Says
Stripe said LATAM’s 2025 card fraud rate was 65% higher than North America’s, with Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Mexico under pressure.
Sep 25, 2026 · 3 min
Chile, Mexico and Brazil tighten PLD rules
Chile, Mexico, Brazil and others are speeding up new data, fraud, cybersecurity and virtual asset rules through 2028.
Sep 21, 2026 · 37 min
FinCEN Tightens Fraud Reporting Rules
Treasury is pushing banks to file more SARs on cyberfraud and added a keyword to flag possible scam centers.
Sep 21, 2026 · 4 min
Brazil accounts for 53% of cyberattacks in Latin America
JC2Sec and Bitsight say Brazil accounts for 53% of cyberattacks in Latin America, with pressure on government
Sep 21, 2026 · 2 min
Colombia logs 1.3 million cyber detections
Trellix counted 1.3 million detections in six months in Colombia, with banking, government and health accounting for most activity.
Sep 21, 2026 · 3 min
Colombia: banking and government lead detections
Trellix says banking and finance drove 55.8% of detections in Colombia. PSE and government also appeared among the targets.
Sep 17, 2026 · 3 min
U.S. Treasury urges more cyberfraud reports
The U.S. Treasury asked banks and fintechs to step up cyberfraud reporting, citing losses of nearly $13 billion since 2023.
Sep 16, 2026 · 4 min
Peru's SBS sets new rules for banks
SBS set new rules on market conduct, fees and expenses, with cybersecurity references required from July 3, 2027.
Sep 14, 2026 · 3 min
Chile CMF sets new cybersecurity rules
The CMF consolidates duties for banks and payment issuers on operational risk, strong authentication and incident reporting.
Sep 14, 2026 · 3 min
Colombia sees fraud and identity theft rise
A DataCrédito Experian study found 71% of Colombians faced at least one fraud attempt in the past year.
Sep 10, 2026 · 2 min
Chile's CMF tightens bank security rules
Chile’s CMF activates NCG 583, ending coordinate cards and requiring stronger authentication for transfers and digital onboarding.
Sep 3, 2026 · 3 min
Chile tightens bank and debt controls
Chile’s CMF delayed the end of coordinate cards and added tougher cyber rules for STFM. It also fined two banks.
Sep 2, 2026 · 2 min
FFIEC and NYDFS tighten bank cyber rules
FFIEC, NIST and NYDFS are tightening U.S. bank requirements, with more focus on third parties, reporting and compliance evidence.
Aug 30, 2026 · 3 min
US pushes financial cyber rules
Treasury, the Fed, FDIC, OCC and FinCEN advance post-quantum crypto, supervisory data, stablecoins and AI oversight.
Aug 27, 2026 · 3 min
OCC eases CSI disclosure rules
The OCC proposed a new framework for sharing confidential supervisory information and kept cyber incident reporting requirements in place.
Aug 22, 2026 · 2 min
Paraguay advances on cybersecurity law
Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies held a hearing on the cybersecurity bill as DNIT activated a new crypto asset filing and banks updated prevention.
Aug 21, 2026 · 1 min
Peru tightens financial cyber rules
Peru is raising cybersecurity, data, and AI governance requirements for banks, with stricter supervision than Argentina
Aug 20, 2026 · 4 min
Chile CMF Tightens Cybersecurity Rules
Chile’s CMF issued new rules for exchanges, brokers, insurers and reinsurers, with stronger risk, security and continuity requirements.
Aug 17, 2026 · 3 min
Peru SBS expands penalties for banks
The SBS added new violations and updated its sanctions regime for banks, insurers, AFPs, mutual aid funds and benefit funds in Peru.
Aug 15, 2026 · 4 min