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How Adopting Mobile Payments Can Help Your Business Grow in 2024

Stax

Fast forward to now where much has changed, and research anticipates contactless mobile payments to exceed one billion users globally by 2024. Customers can pay with their watch or phone just by tapping it on a card reader, and businesses can host an entire POS system on a mobile phone.

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A List of Digital Banks in Asia

Fintech News

Are digital first banks in Asia poised to lead a disruptive charge against well-entrenched, established commercial banks? In the traditional banking sphere globally, but especially true in Asia, there is a considerable proportion of unbanked and underbanked populations who lack complete or any access to banking services.

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TSB, Co-operative Bank and Lloyds Should ‘Urgently Address’ Security Concerns, Suggests Which?

The Fintech Times

As mobile banking apps continue to accrue a seemingly ever-growing user base, criminals may sense an opportunity to access people’s finances by exploiting weaknesses in some banks’ security, consumer champions Which? They were not able to test banks’ back-end security systems. While Which?

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Concerns Over Financial Inclusion Gap in Rural Areas Amid More Bank Closures

The Fintech Times

Lloyds Banking Group is shutting down its mobile van banking service this year and closing 123 branches, sparking concern over reduced access to essential financial services, particularly in rural and underserved areas. is unhappy with Lloyds’ decision to stop its mobile van banking service.

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Unveiling Vietnam’s Most Reputable Fintech Companies

Fintech News

A new report by Reputa, an online reputation monitoring system provided by Viettel, Vietnam’s state-owned telecommunications giant, offers an analysis of the country’s fintech sector and provides rankings of the most reputable fintech companies in Vietnam based on their online reputation and reach.

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Peter Thiel-Backed German Online Bank N26 Worth $3.5B

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Online bank N26 is now Germany’s highest-valued startup with a 3.5 The mobile bank now ranks among the most valuable European startups as well as being in the top ten most valuable FinTechs worldwide, N26 announced in a press release. billion valuation following a $170 million extension of Series D funding.

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US Mobile Adopts Digital Identity Protocols To Protect Against SIM Swap Fraud

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Multifactor authentication (MFA) and biometric scans are quickly becoming the norm in numerous fields, including online accounts for banks and other businesses. million) since 2015, with 483 incidents being reported in June alone. Deep Dive: Countering SIM Swap Fraud In The Telecommunications Industry. About The Tracker.