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Michael Joyce

Consultant at Shorebank International

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Bio Expert in mobile money services in the developing world, with a focus on risk, compliance and operations management.

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Australian Parliament and police call on banks to create 'opt-in' function for contactless cards

A tiny amount of fraud, but it is the police who are bearing the cost of the investigation. They should have been better consulted. Ultimately though, the police ought to be happy that the amount of cash in the community is being reduced. The good news is there is a solution for the paranoid... a tin foil wallet!

08 Sep 2015 Reply Read article

Santander unveils 'cash kitty' app

This is a great idea for social events- be they weekends away, or a night on the town. I remember from many years ago, the norm with a group of lads on a night out was to have a kitty - everyone would put in the same amount of money at the start of the night, then expenses (mostly drinks, but also taxis, food, etc) would get taken out of it. This was much easier than expecting people to buy rounds - someone always skived out, someone always ended up buying more expensive drinks. The kitty is very democratic!

23 Jul 2015 Reply Read article

Ugandan telco says employees stole $3.5m in mobile money fraud

Some mobile services, including MTN Uganda, will allow you to send money to an unregistered phone number. This money can then be claimed at an agent. If it is not claimed, it will remain in a suspense account. From here, poor controls and a lack of processes for users to redeem the unclaimed funds created the opportunity for fraud.

29 May 2012 Reply Read article

Ugandan telco says employees stole $3.5m in mobile money fraud

The technology may be new, but the scams and exploits remain the same. Manipulation of suspense accounts is one of the oldest tricks in the book for internal fraud, and suspense account reconciliation should be one of the first items on any internal control checklist or risk management plan. Banks have known this for a long time, and hopefully it won't take mobile-led operators long to figure this out. Many operators spend a lot of time worrying about their regulators, when it's actually their own internal control environments that they should be worried about.

28 May 2012 Reply Read article