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Mobile payments are on the rise, but are they safe?

October 30, 2017 admin malware, mobile banking, Mobile payment apps, Mobile Payments, Mobile Security, Mobile wallets, phishing, Safe Banking, Security

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 09:18:31 +0000

Several non-banking institutions have entered the market offering payment services and this has only boosted the consumer’s readiness to adopt digital payments; particularly, mobile payments. The following statistics easily paint the picture of the exponential growth of digital transactions in the country. Cashless payments in October 2016 increased 22% when…

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FinTech builds on blockchain for international mobile payments

October 15, 2017 admin Financial Services, Mobile, Mobile Payments, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 21:07:00 -0700

IBM has partnered with a Polynesian payments system provider and an open-source FinTech payment network to implement a new international exchange based on a blockchain electronic ledger.

The new payment network uses IBM’s Blockchain Platform, a cloud service, to enable the electronic exchange of 12 different currencies across Pacific Islands as well as Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

KlickEx Group, a United Nations-funded, Pacific-region financial services company, and Stellar.org, a nonprofit organization that supports an open-source blockchain network for financial services, are backing the new cross-border payments service.

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