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      Singapore mandates face authentication for 'higher risk' bank transactions
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      3 banks plan to retire one-time passwords for customers with digital tokens
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      Bank's AI tool identifies stock buys based on user's risk appetite
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      Banks in Singapore begin sharing data to combat financial crime
      Budgeting app

      The best budgeting apps to manage your money

      The right budgeting app can help you save money and monitor your spending. We tested out the best ones to help you achieve your financial goals.
      1 year ago by Maria Diaz in Services & Software
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      Singapore mandates face authentication for 'higher risk' bank transactions

      The move comes amid growing phishing attacks targeting the financial services sector; most impacted by brand impersonation scams.
      1 year ago by Eileen Yu in Security
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      3 banks plan to retire one-time passwords for customers with digital tokens

      The move to phase out OTP authentication is part of efforts by Singapore's financial institutions to safeguard against phishing.
      1 year ago by Eileen Yu in Security
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      Bank's AI tool identifies stock buys based on user's risk appetite

      Trained on data from stock exchanges in three markets, the Singapore bank's AI platform predicts price movements and generates stock picks based on a user's personal risk profile and trading patterns.
      1 year ago by Eileen Yu in Artificial Intelligence
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      Banks in Singapore begin sharing data to combat financial crime

      Six banks will share customer data deemed suspicious in a bid to fight money laundering and terrorism financing activities.
      2 years ago by Eileen Yu in Security
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      Equinix's data center system upgrade results in hours-long disruption at banks

      A glitch in a scheduled 'chilled water system' upgrade disrupted operations for Equinix's data center customers, including two banks in Singapore.
      2 years ago by Eileen Yu in Data Centers
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      Asian banks are a favorite target of cybercrooks, and malicious bots their preferred tool

      Asia-Pacific is the second-most targeted region for malicious bot requests against financial services, with global hubs Singapore, Australia, and Japan the region's top three most targeted, accounting for the bulk of web application and API attacks.
      2 years ago by Eileen Yu in Security
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      It's 2030, and digital wallets have replaced every card in our purses and pockets

      OpenWallet, now joined by Microsoft, looks to the near future when digital wallets replace traditional wallets in the same way debit cards replaced checkbooks.
      2 years ago by Steven Vaughan-Nichols in Finance
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      Banks defending their right to security are missing the point about consumer trust

      When businesses override a customer's security decision, does it make them fully liable when a breach occurs? That's a question banks like those in Singapore need to consider before they roll out their next security feature.
      2 years ago by Eileen Yu in Security
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      This bank's new app security feature irks customers

      OCBC introduces a security feature that locks out access if it detects mobile apps downloaded from unofficial app stores on the user's phone. The bank cites the need to safeguard against malware, but is instead frustrating customers.
      2 years ago by Eileen Yu in Security
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      Human coding error identified as cause of digital bank service outage

      The coding error in a software used for system maintenance had resulted in DBS Bank's hours-long service outage in May, but unrelated to another outage in March.
      2 years ago by Eileen Yu in Security
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      Amazon to test escrow service in digital money pilot

      The e-commerce giant will work with fintech players on a trial to test the use of "purpose-bound" digital money, where merchants will receive payment only after customers receive their purchases.
      2 years ago by Eileen Yu in Banking
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      This data platform will help banks share criminal intelligence

      Singapore is developing a digital platform to enable six major banks, including Citibank and Standard Chartered, to exchange data on customers involved in potentially illegal financial activities.
      3 years ago by Eileen Yu in Security
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      Jack Ma to cede control of Alibaba's fintech business in shareholder revamp

      Ant Group says Alibaba Group's founder Jack Ma will no longer have controlling voting rights over the fintech company following the completion of changes to improve governance and transparency.
      3 years ago by Eileen Yu in Finance