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Cybercrime has become a huge issue not only in South Africa but around the world. Phishing remains one of the most prevalent scam techniques.In recent months, 1 237 incidents of cybercrime and online fraud attempts were recorded, which relates to an average of 137 incidents per bank. South Africa has 34 licensed deposit-taking entities.
“Large banks are widely exposed to a high level of inherent ML/TF risk. This is as a result of their high numbers of clients, substantial exposure to foreign country risk, use of non-face-to-face delivery channels which increases anonymity, very high exposure to cash, and the propensity for the illicit flow of funds,” says the report.
“Although online banking offers faster transactions and more convenient options for banking, these features are also attractive to criminals. Online features can hide the true identity of clients , and these features can also hide the true destination and beneficiaries of funds,” says the SARB report.The country is ranked seventh out of sixteen countries polled for the highest cost of a cyber breach.
Pre cursor for the Banks to go digital, like they did in China, took everyone's savings & told them to move on with life, now they're camping outside the bank with armed Tankers pointing at them if they make the wrong move...
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