App analysis · 14.10.2026
Absa Banking
com.barclays.absa.banking · version 26.8.1 - August-Release
In short
SDKs found: 5. Companies: 4, of which outside the EEA — 4. Sensitive permissions: 15 — all code inside the app, including embedded SDKs, can use them.
What is inside — embedded SDKs
- Firebase Cloud Messaging — Google LLC, United States outside EEA push notifications
- Google Firebase Analytics — Google LLC, United States outside EEA analytics
- Adobe Experience Platform Mobile SDK — Adobe Inc., United States outside EEA analytics
- AppsFlyer — AppsFlyer Ltd, Israel outside EEA атрибуция установок
- New Relic — New Relic Inc., United States outside EEA performance monitoring
Sensitive permissions (15)
- approximate location —
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - precise location —
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION - contacts —
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS - camera —
android.permission.CAMERA - foreground service: microphone —
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE - files on the device —
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - microphone —
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO - write files on the device —
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - list of all installed apps —
android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES - phone data (carrier, call state) —
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE - biometrics (fingerprint, face) —
android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC - fingerprint —
android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT - ad attribution (Privacy Sandbox) —
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION - advertising ID —
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID - draw over other apps —
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
All manifest permissions (35)
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.CAMERAandroid.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.FLASHLIGHTandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONEandroid.permission.HIDE_OVERLAY_WINDOWSandroid.permission.INTERNETandroid.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGSandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGESandroid.permission.READ_CONTACTSandroid.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGEandroid.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.RECORD_AUDIOandroid.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOWandroid.permission.USE_BIOMETRICandroid.permission.USE_FINGERPRINTandroid.permission.VIBRATEandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKandroid.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEcom.barclays.absa.banking.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSIONcom.barclays.absa.banking.permission.ALARM_REFRESH_ACTIONcom.barclays.absa.banking.permission.BLOCK_LOGIN_ACTIONcom.barclays.absa.banking.permission.C2D_MESSAGEcom.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVEcom.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICEcom.google.android.gms.permission.AD_IDcom.huawei.appmarket.service.commondata.permission.GET_COMMON_DATAcom.samsung.android.mapsagent.permission.READ_APP_INFO
Limits of the analysis
The analysis shows code inside the app file, not data transfers: an SDK being present means a transfer is possible, not that it happens. The country is where the company owning the SDK is registered, not where its servers are. Some code may have been renamed at build time, so the SDK list is a lower bound.
The legal assessment is made by the competent supervisory authority.
Evidence
com.barclays.absa.banking · version 26.8.1 - August-Release (code 11228)28a395a1d1bb06dda85d7ae483a66d68db65621d41c12f5a03a060f0cd81cd8f649d369dad85c840f2017ea46eba636050056e05a678269cc785cbf0edc4472113c27d15ac2eThe same file (same SHA-256) with the same library version gives the same result — check it on the APK check page. Licence CC BY 4.0, source — gdpru.eu; report errors to contact@gdpru.eu.