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What's behind Citi's surge in mobile app users

April 26, 2018

American Banker - Emmett Higdon, director of digital banking at Javelin Strategy & Research, gives the bank points for this feature. “I think that’s a great example of helpful, consumer-aware functionality that we haven’t brought to mobile...

How India's Paytm plans to reap success in Canada's mature market

April 26, 2018

PaymentsSource - Paytm Canada also is going at the market with a completely different value proposition, introducing rewards for using its platform to pay utilities and other bills. It will nevertheless be challenging to overcome the thin...

1 million kids suffer ID theft, so parents beware

April 24, 2018

CBS Moneywatch - A child's credit report is a "blank slate," crooks can use a kid's Social Security number to create an entirely new identity. By the time the child grows up and finds out he or she has been victimized, the crook has done so much...

What to do if your child was one of the 1 million whose identities were stolen in 2017

April 24, 2018

MarketWatch - Your children may be less safe online than you think — even before they ever use a computer. More than 1 million children were victims of identity fraud in 2017, a new study from Javelin Strategy & Research found, costing a...

Identity theft isn't just an adult problem. Kids are victims, too

April 24, 2018

CNBC - More than 1 million children — or 1.48 percent of minors — were victims of identity theft or fraud in 2017, according to a new report from Javelin Strategy & Research. Two-thirds of those affected were age 7 or younger.

More Than 1 Million Children Were Victims of Identity Theft in 2017

April 24, 2018

Fortune - A new report from Javelin Strategy & Research says that in 2017, more than 1 million children in the United States were victims of identity theft, resulting in $2.6 billion in losses. Families paid an estimated $540 million in out-of-...

1 Million US Children Affected by Identity Theft Last Year, Infuriating Study Finds

April 24, 2018

Gizmodo - It’s never too early to have your identity stolen, unfortunately. More than 1 million children in the United States were affected by identity theft last year, according to a new study highlighting what’s easily the most overlooked...

How India's Paytm plans to reap success in Canada's mature market

April 19, 2018

PaymentsSource - In the chaotic early days of mobile payments, many mobile wallet startups weren't likely to last long. And many didn't.

Banks are (finally) improving the customer experience for small businesses

April 19, 2018

Tearsheet - In the U.S., only six of the top 30 banks offer digital account opening for small businesses: Bank of America, BB&T, Capital One, SunTrust, Wells Fargo and Zions — and they hold 30 percent of the deposits in the U.S. small business...

The browser standard that just might make online banking safer

April 18, 2018

American Banker - “Authentication, whether it’s misuse of credentials or social engineering of consumers to glean credentials, is the most prevalent avenue of attack,” Al Pascual said. “So when you harden that channel, that security, you raise...