{
  "id": 15702059,
  "title": "How criminals are using banking apps to steal billions from South Africans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/how-criminals-are-using-banking-apps-to-steal-billions-from-south",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T04:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-10-20-how-criminals-are-using-banking-apps-to-steal-billions-from-south-africans/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Africans reported R2.4 billion in digital banking crime losses in 2025, with scammers using impersonation, remote-access tools and social engineering to trick victims into authorising transactions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}