VPNs won't stop fraudsters from stealing your bank account—and in some cases, they can make it more difficult to access your money. I’ve been writing about technology since 2012, focusing on privacy.

Capitec cellphone banking allows customers to manage their accounts, transfer money, buy airtime, and perform other banking tasks directly from their phones. It is a convenient option for people who ...

More than three years after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk says he’s nearing his long-stated goal of turning it into an “everything app” with a new financial services tool that he pledged to launch for ...

Your bank's mobile app is helpful and convenient, but unfortunately, it can also offer hackers access points to your most private and sensitive information — on your device, during data transfer and ...

Spencer Tierney is a consumer banking writer at NerdWallet. He has covered personal finance since 2013, with a focus on certificates of deposit and other banking-related topics. His work has been ...

Learn how conversational AI helps banks meet rising customer expectations and regulatory demands without adding headcount. Banking customers expect instant answers about their accounts on any channel ...

India’s neobank Fi is discontinuing banking services on its platform more than four years after launching them in partnership with Federal Bank, directing customers to access their savings accounts ...

A new European initiative called UnifiedAttestation aims to build an open-source alternative to Google’s Play Integrity checks. Many banking, financial, and government apps use Play Integrity checks ...

MrBeast, the king of YouTube, is now the new owner of a banking app called Step. It’s a big move meant to kickstart the popular creator’s new ‘MrBeast Financial’ business arm. MrBeast enters financial ...

Beast Industries has acquired Step, a finance app aimed at Gen-Z and Gen Alpha. Beast Industries has acquired Step, a finance app aimed at Gen-Z and Gen Alpha. is a news writer covering all things ...

Step is an “all-in-one money app” aiming to bring financial literacy and independence to its users. Founded in 2018, it raised over $175 million in equity from investors like General Catalyst, Coatue ...