Regulators worry that letting one or two strong banks repay risks turning the weak into targets and takes lending capacity out of the system.

ECONOMIST: Banks

The trick only works with older 2G data services like Edge and GPRS. But by sending out a jamming signal that blocks 3G connections, the system can trick most phones into automatically downgrading to one of the two more vulnerable 2G protocols.

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