AppGallery Drives Financial Health with Innovation, Exploring New Open Banking Capabilities with Partners
Noffe, for example, recently joined AppGallery to offer a new service that helps children learn saving habits in Norway – using Open Banking. With AppGallery’s guidance, the app has been able to leverage the latest innovation in the industry to provide this additional choice for consumers and their children. Another case of fintech developers taking advantage of the tools and support available through Huawei to offer its customers in Europe a more convenient payment solution is Bluecode. Using QR codes, Bluecode can offer a quicker, simpler and more efficient way to pay through AppGallery payment capabilities.
Huawei remains committed to driving global Financial Health – achievable through support from, and partnering with, Fintechs. For consumers, Huawei shared how users could use Open Banking to have more control over their finances, utilising competitive technology to make the most of their savings and improve their financial wellbeing.
Alongside its partners, AppGallery fosters innovation
Joined by futurist, speaker, and International Bestselling Author Brett King, Siri G. Børsum, Global Finance VP at Huawei, addressed the recent changes in consumer behaviour that have led to a higher demand for convenience. With 2020 seeing a 45% jump in the use of banking and payment apps, the pair highlighted the potential for developers in the industry.
“We’re seeing so much innovation potential when looking at the changing landscape in the financial services industry,” said Brett King, author of The Rise of Technosocialism and host of global #1 FinTech podcast Breaking Banks. “Technology is driving that change, and when you look at some of the biggest financial institutions around the world, they tend to be digital-first organisations.”
With AppGallery, Huawei plans to foster innovation to help FinTech developers realise their business development potential, all while advocating for the wider issue of financial health.
Huawei remains committed to protecting user privacy
As well as addressing AppGallery’s focus on innovation and potential Open Banking development, Huawei shared its latest updates on user safety. With privacy and security increasingly important in the modern mobile landscape, Huawei reassured developers and consumers of its commitment to protecting privacy and data.
Børsum explained how Huawei’s full-cycle security and protection system includes developer real-name verification, a four-step review process, additional download and installation protection, as well as a prevention mechanism for secure app operation to ensure top-level protection for users of the latest banking and payment apps on AppGallery.
Touching on Huawei’s strict security protocol for onboarding apps to AppGallery, Børsum noted how before releasing apps to users, Huawei ensures a fully encrypted end-to-end channel to make sure there is no disruption from service to phones. Huawei has also established separate local data storage centres across different local markets worldwide, ensuring that each complies with the localized service distribution and deployment policy within that region. This means that all personal information is encrypted and stored in the area to which the user belongs, adding an additional layer of privacy protection.
Huawei also supports developers through the process of onboarding to AppGallery, advising on the best ways to create a secure and reliable service. Through its Basic Security Kit, developers can leverage unified short data storage protection for their apps, preventing potential issues such as data leaks. The Local Authentication Kit also adds the ability to integrate with facial recognition capabilities which can be applied in multiple scenarios, including login and payment. Developers can even go the extra mile with Huawei’s Safety Detect Kit to further protect their apps against threats through various system checks.
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