In early August 2018, the Wall Street Journal first revealed that Facebook is looking to integrate its platform with its customers’ financial accounts in a bid to offer new services to customers.

Such new services would require the social media company to tap into data housed at various banks and financial institutions. But while this has sparked concerns over Facebook’s access to sensitive data, whether the integration will pose consumer privacy or security risks largely depends on how the integration is structured.

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