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Electronic messages can circle the globe in an instant, but electronic payments can still take days to complete. This often puts consumers at greater risk of getting hit with late fees.

"The evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police," Cuyahoga County prosecutor Timothy McGinty told reporters, calling it a "perfect storm of human error."

Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.

For all the focus in 2016 on the cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, less attention was paid to what was happening in the states.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was found guilty by an international tribunal of planning, aiding and abetting war crimes during the 1990s. This marks the first time since World War II that a current or former head of state was convicted by a tribunal of crimes committed while in office.

The provider says it has reset the passcodes of the current account holders whose data was compromised as it investigates the leak, the latest in a string of telecommunications company data breaches.

Officer who shot Daunte Wright is charged with second-degree manslaughter. Inspector general report criticizes Capitol Police. The U.S. is expected to issue a wide-range of sanctions against Russia.

Frederick Scott Salyer manipulated prices on millions of pounds of processed tomatoes.

The retailer's prepaid debit card is catching on with people who've been burned by extra charges at big banks. The card costs a flat $3 a month and doesn't allow overdrafts. Banks have lobbied against Wal-Mart's entrance into the financial sector, but "their worst fears came true," one analyst says.

Some consumers are wary of making online purchases, fearing hackers would steal their credit card information. But as the security breach potentially involving 40 million payment cards at Target shows, even in-store transactions are vulnerable to high-tech thieves.