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Mobile Banking App Users Pull Ahead Of FIs On Expectations

PYMNTS

April was also the month that financial institutions (FIs) and Big Tech firms alike learned that mobile banking had become a much bigger, more important channel, virtually overnight. It took crashing the websites of a string of major banks and credit unions for the sector to grasp what happened. Mobile Experience Can Do More.

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Mobile Banking Malware on the Rise Amid Rapid Adoption

Fintech News

Mobile banking is a rapidly growing market that’s projected to hit a value of US$7 billion by 2032. The 2023 study, which analyzed malware targeting banking apps, uncovered that 29 malware families targeted 1,800 banking applications across 61 countries last year.

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Biometric authentication gives cards a head start

Payments Source

With mobile payments and banking apps on the rise, biometric authentication is now increasingly common in consumer finance, says Fingerprints' Michel Roig.

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NEW DATA: 43M Consumers Are Holding Out On Mobile Banking Apps — How Banks Can Change Their Minds

PYMNTS

Not only are many account holders visiting brick-and-mortar branches less often than they did before the pandemic, but many are also more reliant on digital banking channels — particularly mobile banking apps — than they have ever been. percent more likely to use mobile banking apps now than they were in 2019, and 51.1

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Mobile Banking Users Want More Control — But At What Cost?

PYMNTS

A 5G network could markedly improve mobile banking apps’ speed, security and ease of use. Mobile banking apps have already enjoyed mass adoption, but what are consumers using them for? And, perhaps more importantly, what do they want from digital banking apps that they aren’t currently getting? Most consumers (78.1

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Mobile Banking’s Authentication Game-Changer

PYMNTS

The way we bank is changing in the age of COVID-19. And as Entersekt Senior Vice President of Product Christian Ali told PYMNTS in a recent interview, the means by which banks authenticate their suddenly digital users must change, too. That security layer itself is only as strong as the authentication process.

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Mobile Banking’s Authentication Breakthrough

PYMNTS

Anti-fraud efforts can seem like word salad with exotic ingredients being tossed around: strong consumer authentication ( SCA ), two-factor authentication (2FA), the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) … you get the idea. Turns out consumers mostly want one thing from mobile banking apps: control. Control vs. Chaos?