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Banks like that exist. mBank from Poland does in-app approve/reject - similar to what you get on an Android phone when you try logging in on a new PC.

They also send phishing warnings when they find active campaigns.

That said, plain old social engineering works well on people. Last week one small-scale influencer fell victim to a bank transfer scam. Got phoned by a bank person telling her that her account is targeted by hackers, then a cybersec police head phoned her and asked to transfer her savings to a 'secure account'.



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