The Dutch bank Knab announces a new service dubbed 'Knab Social' to transfer money from a customer's bank account using Facebook or the contacts list in their phone. The bank's website at https://www.knab.nl/mobiel-betalen (sorry, Dutch only) explains how it works: "Did your friends advance a dinner for you? Soon you can pay them back quickly via Facebook or a text message. Simply using your Knab App. Handy, because you don't have to ask them for their IBAN! How does it work 1. Select a friend via Facebook or your mobile address book. 2. Your friend receives a message that you want to pay money to him. 3. Your friend enters his IBAN and receives the money." What would you do if you receive a message that promises you money, if only you provide your own bank account details? What do you do when some rogue software decides to send a 'Knab Social' message to all your contacts, as a Christmas present, emptying your account in the process? In other words: what could possibly go wrong?
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Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Dutch bank to enable money transfers via Facebook and text messages
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