Singapore Strikes Blow in “War on Cash”

The drive among payments companies, banks, and governments to displace cash continues. And for many, the concept of using QR codes holds a great deal of promise.

Relatively easy to use and implement, the two-dimensional codes are more attractive to small and micro-merchants – where cash still reigns in many cases.

But are they being accepted by users?

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Super Sloppy Security Gushes Aadhaar PII

In many respects, India’s 9-year-old Aadhaar national ID system is a global model for simplifying payments, banking and payroll operations. It was designed to be a comprehensive database allowing easy access to bank accounts and other payments mechanisms. As a concept, it worked brilliantly.

But according to data from a report from the Centre For Internet and Society, it also serves as a world-class example of security recklessness, with methods so sloppy that they could have exposed sensitive data about almost a quarter of a billion Indian citizens.

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