Biometric Banking Security: Why Your Passcode Is the Real Weak Link

Biometric Banking Security: Why Your Passcode Is the Real Weak Link

Using a fingerprint or face to open a banking app feels high-tech, but the bank never sees either. Your phone compares the scan with a template in an isolated chip and tells the app only yes or no. The real weak point is the handset passcode. This guide is for daily bank-app users who want … Read more

Card Charge You Don’t Recognise? The Refund Deadlines Banks Must Meet

Card Charge You Don’t Recognise? The Refund Deadlines Banks Must Meet

Finding a payment on your card statement that you never made starts a legal clock most cardholders do not know exists. Under Spain’s payment-services framework, consumers have up to 13 months from the debit date to challenge an unauthorised transaction, and once the bank has been properly notified, the money should be back in the … Read more

Hark Pro Puts Brett Adcock’s AI Agent on the Desktop, With Hardware Due in 2027

Hark Pro Puts Brett Adcock’s AI Agent on the Desktop, With Hardware Due in 2027

Brett Adcock made his name in hardware: first as co-founder of electric air-taxi developer Archer Aviation, then as founder of Figure AI, the humanoid robotics company backed by Microsoft, BMW and OpenAI. With Hark, his newest venture, he is reversing the order of operations — software first, machines later. The debut product, Hark Pro, ships … Read more