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Staying Safe
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Scammers. Why don’t they just get stuffed.
From the 'Hi Mum' text to shady Marketplace buys, scams are on the rise across Australia. Here’s how – together – we can keep your dollars safe. May the power protect you.
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Building Up an Emergency Fund
Let’s call it financial self-defence. Here’s how you can use Up to prep for that unexpected moment when life loads a bazooka with your name on it.
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Stopping Payment Abuse: How Up is Designing for Safety
In July 2020, we got a message from a customer saying their ex-partner was sending abusive chat messages through Up. By August, we’d built new code to find payment abuse, and designed a new approach to stopping abuse on Up.
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Lock it Up!
Keeping your money safe is at the heart of everything we do at Up. But effective security doesn’t need to get in your way.
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