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integrates security team members deeper into an app's
development. In doing so, security can stop being the Payments app providers are often
team that says no when an app is nearly across the finish pulled in two directions when it comes
line, and instead, collaborate with developers throughout
the entire process. This will also enable mobile companies to security and simplicity:
to leverage security features as a positive selling point, Their users expect a quick, seamless
rather than a box to check along the way.
experience, but they are part of the
Payments companies should also consider adding features heavily regulated financial industry,
like biometrics and two-factor authentication, which
provide an additional layer of security in a user-friendly which means that having high-level
way. security in place is crucial to
Automate testing, builds and releases protecting sensitive consumer data.

The best way to ensure that your mobile team can focus
on improving all of these processes is by automating
the process of testing, building and releasing for your Barnabàs Birmacher is the CEO and co-founder of Bitrise, www.bitrise.
app. Compared to manual processes, automation is io/, a mobile DevOps company used by more than 6,000 mobile compa-
significantly faster, more efficient and scalable, and it cuts nies worldwide to get their apps to market faster. Barnabas co-founded
down on errors, which can arise when certain operations the company in 2014. In 2017, Bitrise became the first Hungarian com-
are handled by humans rather than computers.
pany to make it into Y Combinator. Now, the company has offices in
As companies automate more of their mobile development Budapest, London, San Francisco, Boston and Osaka. Barnabàs' vision—
process, they will free up developers to dream up the new and platform—for automating critical mobile processes has attracted
features and experiences that are necessary for payments customers such as Transferwise (now WISE), Virgin Mobile, Grindr, Tonal,
providers to stay ahead of competitors and front and Compass, Mozilla, Philips Hue, Babbel and others. Follow Barnabàs on
center on consumers' mobile devices. LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com/in/birmacher/, and Twitter, https://twit-
ter.com/birmacher.