Finda Enhances Security by Introducing 'Ansim Number'... "Industry First"

[Asia Economy Reporter Junhyung Lee] Loan fintech startup Finda announced on the 7th that it has introduced a safe number service as a preemptive measure for customers concerned about personal information leakage. This is to further enhance security as a loan brokerage platform and increase service reliability.

This introduction of the safe number service is the first among loan brokerage platforms. Until now, Finda minimized the exposure of personal phone numbers by only providing customer contact information to financial institutions directly applied for by the customers to receive loans. However, the company explained that due to increased customer concerns about information exposure, such as through COVID-19 contact tracing lists, existing phone numbers have been converted to unidentifiable safe numbers.

The safe number issued instead of the personal number automatically disappears after 14 days. All customers using Finda's loan comparison service can check whether to use the safe number. If customers no longer wish to use the issued safe number, they can contact Finda's customer center to cancel it immediately.

Finda will also introduce a function to block advertising spam calls. Users can block financial advertising spam calls or texts through the 'Block Financial Spam' feature in the 'More' menu at the bottom of the Finda application (app). However, if users have separately consented to receive messages from specific companies after opting out, spam may not be completely blocked.

Park Hongmin, co-CEO of Finda, said, "Finda had already established a process to only provide phone numbers to the financial institutions ultimately chosen by customers, but we introduced safe numbers and other measures to more strongly protect customers' phone privacy." Park added, "Finda was selected as a MyData operator after passing stringent security screening requirements, and we will actively invest in security to ensure that customers can use our services with peace of mind."

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