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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

Over the last decade Africa has gained a reputation for global leadership in mobile money, with Kenya at the forefront, but up to now financial services via mobile phones have not taken deep root in the continent’s most populace country — Nigeria. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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Starbucks mobile orders surpass 30% of total transactions at U.S. stores

GeekWire

(GeekWire File Photo) Starbucks continues to see a steady increase in the number of customers using its mobile app to buy coffee and other items. Starbucks debuted its mobile order-ahead feature a decade ago. The company is now among the leading mobile payment providers in the U.S. Starbucks reported revenue of $9.4

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T-Mobile investigating report of customer data breach that reportedly involves 100 million people

The Verge

T Mobile may have suffered a customer data breach | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. T-Mobile confirmed Sunday that it’s looking into an online forum post that claims to be selling a large trove of its customers’ sensitive data. After reviewing samples of the data, Motherboard reported it appeared authentic. “We

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T-Mobile data breach: More than 47M current and former customers affected, carrier says

GeekWire

T-Mobile on Wednesday released more details about a “highly sophisticated cyberattack” that exposed data from more than 40 million former or prospective customers who had applied for credit with the company, as well as 7.8 However, first and last names, date of birth, SSN, and driver’s license/ID information was accessed.

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A hacker claims to be selling data on over 100 million T-Mobile customers; the company says it is investigating

TechSpot

According to a Motherboard report, the data comes from compromised T-Mobile servers and includes information on social security numbers, phone numbers, names, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver licenses. The publication has verified it contains accurate information on T-Mobile customers.

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3.5 million licenses and IDs in jeopardy after the Oregon DMV data breach

Dataconomy

million driver’s license and identity card details were exposed when the organization was hacked two weeks ago, the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services stated on Thursday. Look for any transactions or accounts that you do not recognize when you receive your credit reports. An estimated 3.5

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T-Mobile says 48 million current and former customers impacted by hack, offers free identity theft protection

TechSpot

Earlier this week, it was reported that a hacker was offering to sell T-Mobile customer data. They claimed to have information relating to 100 million accounts, asking 6 Bitcoin, around $270,000, for a subset that contained info on 30 million social security numbers and driver licenses.

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