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Nearly One in Five Consumers Struck by Online Identity Fraud, According to ACI Worldwide Speedpay Pulse Report

Fintech Finance

More than three-quarters of Americans now prefer to pay their bills digitally, especially Gen Z and Millennials, who show a significant inclination toward mobile payments. However, this increase in digital payments also brings about heightened risks – almost one in five consumers surveyed has fallen prey to online identity theft.

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APAC’s Digital Banking Growth Sparks a Surge in Fraud Cases

Fintech News

In Asia-Pacific (APAC), fraud is becoming an increasingly serious challenge for financial institutions, an issue that has been exacerbated by the rapid adoption of digital transactions and online banking. A year later, Kathmandu-based NIC Asia Bank suffered a major heist, with hackers managing to make about US$4.4

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Capital One Uncovers Extent of US Consumers’ Digital and Financial Literacy 

The Fintech Times

New research has been released by Capital One Insights Center , the research facility for the America-based bank, revealing the extent of consumers’ digital and financial literacy. The Capital One research shows some promising signs and some causes for concern simultaneously.

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One Third of UK Adults Now Use Mobile Contactless Payments

Fintech Finance

Consumers made 85 per cent of the total number of payments (41.0 Spending data over recent years suggests that there has been a shift towards consumers making a greater number of transactions that are each worth a lower individual amount, albeit without necessarily increasing the overall amount spent. billion, up from 45.7

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New Report: SMS-Based Outreach Helps Merchants Authenticate Consumers, Boost Online Sales

PYMNTS

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Developments From The Digital Consumer Onboarding Space. It also found that just 16 percent of U.S.

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New research: Gen Z driving demand for payment transformation in health and wellbeing businesses

Fintech Finance

The research showed that online and in-person cash payments are the most popular ways to pay, while over a quarter of consumers want to pay via Direct Debit. A further 17% prefer to pay via a mobile app when booking, followed by mobile in-person such as Google Pay (14%) and over the phone (13%).

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Study Shows Alarming Rise in Smartphone Identity Theft Among UK Consumers

The Fintech Times

Security is failing to keep pace with smartphone utilisation with compromised digital wallets and banking apps leading to growing identity threats, a report has revealed. The E volving Smartphone Usage and the Growing Threat to Consumers report from UK fintech startup Nuke From Orbit quizzed UK consumers on their smartphone usage.