Mobile

Boost has enabled Thai tourists to make payments in Malaysia

Boost, a leading regional full-spectrum FinTech arm of Axiata, and Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), a national retail payments network infrastructure, have announced that Boost merchants in Malaysia can now accept cross-border payments...

Report identifies 600 mobile apps for banking, investing and cryptocurrency and examines the risk of Trojans targeting them 

Zimperium – a mobile security platform purpose-built for enterprise environments – has published new research detailing the increasing risk financial institutions and consumers worldwide face due to Trojan horse malware targeting...

PalmPay hits 10 million user milestone in Nigeria

PalmPay, a FinTech innovator aiming to make digital payment more accessible and flexible, has announced that it has reached 10 million users in Nigeria. This represents a doubling in its user base within just six months and puts its customer numbers in the...

UAE consumers turning to mobile apps for finance and retail services

As businesses in the UAE double down on mobile apps in a bid to increase customer engagement and spending, they are seeing highly positive results for their efforts with the overall number of installs of mobile apps in the country growing 23% in H1 2022,...

Banking malware threats surging as mobile banking increases

The Nokia 2021 Threat Intelligence Report has revealed that banking malware threats are sharply increasing as cyber criminals target the rising popularity of mobile banking on smartphones, with plots aimed at stealing personal banking credentials and credit...

Huawei: 5G will unleash power of data-driven intelligent finance

Business and technology leaders from across the APAC region have gathered to discuss how 5G and the revolution in data storage will define the future of the financial industry. Global tech giant Huawei has held its Asia Pacific Financial Industry Storage...