{"id":1305,"date":"2016-08-17T23:35:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T04:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2016-08-17T23:35:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T04:35:02","slug":"are-mobile-banking-apps-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1305","title":{"rendered":"Are Mobile Banking Apps Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FullSizeRender-40.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1306\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1306\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FullSizeRender-40-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"FullSizeRender-40\" width=\"209\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FullSizeRender-40-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FullSizeRender-40-768x750.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FullSizeRender-40.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>2% of mobile phone users feel that banking apps leave personal information in some way unsafe. \u00a0This doesn&#8217;t appear to actually stop them from using the convenient, snap and post check depositing services that most\u00a0offer. Amit Ashbel, a cybersecurity expert, in the article,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/personalfinance\/2016\/08\/10\/mobile-banking-security-download-deposit\/87636304\/\">From download to deposit, mobile banking only as safe as your app<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>identifies the following\u00a0safety practices as integral to a secure network.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Solid password policies for apps.<br \/>\n&#8211;Out-of-band authentication.<br \/>\n&#8211;Tiered authentication.<br \/>\n&#8211;Limited log-in attempts.<br \/>\n&#8211;Proper error handling.<\/p>\n<p>He also advises users to read all the fine print. \u00a0Next time you need to make a deposit, take a moment to see if your app is up to these security standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>42% of mobile phone users feel that banking apps leave personal information in some way unsafe. \u00a0This doesn&#8217;t appear to actually stop them from using the convenient, snap and post check depositing services that most\u00a0offer. Amit Ashbel, a cybersecurity expert, in the article,\u00a0From download to deposit, mobile banking only as safe as your app,\u00a0identifies the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1305\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are Mobile Banking Apps Safe?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[708,717,713,712,707,709,715,716,710,579,711,714],"class_list":["post-1305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-finances","tag-banking-app","tag-deposit","tag-error-handling","tag-log-in-attempts","tag-mobile-banking","tag-mobile-phone","tag-out-of-band-authentication","tag-password-policies","tag-remote-banking","tag-safety","tag-security","tag-tiered-authentication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1307,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions\/1307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}