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Outdated and Jailbroken Phones to Be Banned from Mobile Banking

Mobile banking activity off-limits starting in May as officials cite security risks, for outdated and Jailbroken cell phones

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Thailand’s Central Bank has announced it will ban approximately 10,000 cell phones that have been jailbroken from its mobile banking apps. As of starting from May 1, 2020, as part of the central bank’s efforts to upgrade security for mobile banking.

The bank also announced phones that have outdated operating systems will be also be banned from downloading the mobile app. Devices with obsolete operating systems that are rooted and jailbroken will not be able to access mobile banking services. This is because they are a high security risk,” said Siritida Panomwon Na Ayudhya, assistant governor for payment systems policy and financial technology at the Bank of Thailand.

“For example, these devices will be prohibited from accessing some financial transactions or features on mobile banking apps.”

The outdated operating systems for iOS are version 8 and below, while for Android they are version 4 and below.

“In Thailand, there are about 10,000 such prohibited devices,” Ms Siritida said. “The mobile banking security guidance will not affect mobile banking users on a wide scale when compared with the higher security of the system overall.”

The prohibition is part of the central bank’s guidance principles for mobile banking security to build up consumer protection and confidence about mobile banking transactions.

Users must comply with the new mobile banking guidance

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The central bank held a public hearing on financial institutions. It gave them more time to educate customers before official implementation in May.

The guidance will also cover a limitation on server access. Also more complicated passwords to access mobile banking services. But it will let users comply with the new guidance on a step-by-step basis. To also give them more time to upgrade.

Amid the exponential growth of mobile banking transactions. Security standard development is needed to avert higher risks seen in several countries. Those risks include stolen data via malware uploads and fake apps.

For the nine months through September, there were 55 million mobile banking user accounts with 3.2 billion transactions. Up from 41 million accounts in 2018 with transaction volume of 2.7 billion.

In another development, the central bank is encouraging consumers who hold magnetic stripe ATM and debit cards to switch to chip-embedded cards.

Under the central bank’s rules, cards with magnetic stripes will be cancelled from Jan 15, the Bangkok Post reports.

Presently, 12.1 million magnetic stripe cards, of which 6.3 million are ATM cards and 5.8 million debit cards in circulation. Of the total, 7.1 million are active cards and 5 million inactive, a portion of which could be cancelled under banks’ normal practices.

Source: Bangkok Post,The Nation

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