Today I received an email that I can now move my old Number 26 account, which was provided by Wirecard Bank AG after performing an update in the app. Feeling very excited, I immediately updated the app and ran it. The Experience so far is everything but satisfactory. After logging in, I see a white Read More …
Update: Please differentiate query (first entry in the screenshot, greyed out) and data forwarding (second entry and what this is really about). This is a common misconception. Their overdraft policy only allows data about the account to be forwarded if there is an actual overdraft set up! Update 2 (2016-03-03): Because I blogged about the Read More …
After causing quite a shitstorm a couple of days ago by blogging about the chattiness of their payment cards, Number26 has now release a document in their new support center. If they had communicated their card’s privacy settings (or their lack of)m from the beginning, no-one would have had a reason to be outraged. But Read More …
Almost a month ago, I was trying to top up my Revolut account with my Number26 debit card. The process could not be completed, because Revolut thought it would be a credit card and not a debit card. They have then claimed to have forwarded this to their payment processor, but after resolving my ticket, Read More …
…And so does your Maestro Card. Just one week after reporting about a Man-In-The-Middle vulnerability of Number26, I was poking around a little more. Unfortunately, there is more negative findings to write about Number26. This time about their physical cards, the MasterCard and Maestro to be precise. So what is this all about? Every modern Read More …
* depending on your use pattern and the specific Mastercard you are using. Two weeks ago, I took my Revolut card and my wife to the Czech republic. This is the second attempt to write about that after my account got locked for no apparent reason. Me and my wife paid on multiple occasions with Read More …
A couple of months ago, I have dug into the security precautions of the Number26 banking application for Android. The flaw explained in this post is so obvious that the cows go home. I am surprised if this has not been abused by an evil party yet. Still, I am going to explain it in Read More …