Online Banking

This community is for discussion of developments in the e-banking world, including mobile banking. This can include all the functional, business, technical, marketing, web site design, security and other related topics of Internet Banking segment, including public websites of the banks and financial institutions across the globe.

Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence

Had Phishing Been a Stock

Last October I presented at a meeting in London during RSA Security Europe. I was asked to come up with predictions for 2008 online financial threats. My first prediction was that Phishing will more than double. “Had phishing been a stock”, I said, “I would have bought it”. Pity that I couldn’t. This was a bit before the credit crunch hit the mar...

16 April 2008 /security

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Smartcard readers from your local corner store

News from Vasco yesterday that it will soon be selling smartcard readers via the local corner store has interesting implications for Internet banking security. Such readers have been available in many Asian convenience stores for some time – they make sense in countries where online access to public services is only made available to holders of Gov...

16 April 2008 /security

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Chip and PIN readers provide protection against such attacks

This Symantec warning shows how banks are still open to man-in-the-middle attacks, as fraudsters constantly look for new ways to break in. However, there are solutions available to protect online banking users against these types of attacks. CAP (Chip Authentication Programme) devices can be used to secure not only the individual but also the tran...

25 January 2008 /payments

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Bankers, are you ready for next wave? Wake up now for GEN Y.

In next few years, GEN Y is to mature quickly and big revolution is due. Needless to say, virtual / online world is sure to dominate the offline channel in less than a decade. And this will be major boon for service sector e.g. financial services, Music, travel, hospitality, retail, telecom etc. The key question is, are we guys ready? Are banks re...

27 December 2007 /retail

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Online users, Careful during holiday times

Holiday season is on. And Online users whether using Internet Banking or e-shopping or general net users, just a reminder even assuming most of you already know it. Careful with mails, greetings or seasons blessing esp from unknown source (even if it refers Santa)Be careful for any .exe file downloads Someone may using keystoke logging software a...

20 December 2007 /security

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Internet Banking - Scene of last decade and some learnings

In the days of virtualization where working mothers and traveling sales-team prefer to use flexi-time and remote jobs profile; Internet is being adopted as a parallel medium of communication, transaction, and social networking. Internet banking is fast gaining momentum across the globe for its convenience and ease of conducting transactions at a

18 December 2007 /security