many countries, paying for things using mobile phone app is becoming increasingly common. Does these development have more advantages or disadvantages?

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predominant role in everyone's life.
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, various mobile applications are being used for different purposes and one of them is online banking which is very common in
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it has numerous pros which are very helpful for individuals and
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and disadvantages of
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notion.  On the one hand, there has been always
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of hacking
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online banking
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as
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cybercrime rates are rapidly increasing.
For instance
, offenders usually ask for authorization PIN from the users by using
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similar sites as the official sites by which they hack or freeze the account and steal money from people's
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.
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internet access to use some
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digital applications and several other problems
such
as low battery by which you are unable to pay for things.
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there are enormous examples of benefits of e-payments which cannot be denied.
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and foremost advantage is people do not
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or cash with
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themselves
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and
not
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.
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, individuals
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work or at home can order
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by paying beforehand and no need to wait in queue for
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time and saves
thier
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their
valuable time.
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, many grocery stores and restaurants encourage
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to pay digitally and offer
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on various goods.
To conclude
, online payments have few drawbacks but have so many advantages
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, more
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and essential.
This
approach is very useful for people and
this
technology is used widely over the world.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Contactless transactions
  • Mobile wallet
  • Biometric authentication
  • Fraud prevention
  • Digital divide
  • Cybersecurity
  • Financial inclusion
  • Spending habits
  • E-wallet
  • Encryption
  • Digital literacy
  • Payment gateway
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