How safe is Internet Banking?
A. It’s as safe as banking any other way, provided a few precautions are put in place. The security of your accounts and the reliability of our service are of utmost importance to us. Internet Banking uses 128-bit encryption, one of the most advanced technologies available, for safeguarding your online banking. Encryption is a process that transforms sensitive information into a string of unrecognisable characters before they are sent over the Internet, and helps provide a secure channel for data transmission to keep information private between the bank’s computer system and your internet browser.
The security of your accounts and the reliability of this service is of utmost importance to us. We use 128-bit encryption, which is one of the most advanced technologies available for safeguarding your online banking. In the browser window when logging on to the service you will see a ‘Padlock’ (by the address bar in Internet Explorer 7 and the task bar in IE6). This confirms that the site uses https. In addition, you will see in the lower left hand corner of the login screen that the site is verified by Verisgn. This seal opens a further window that confirms the identity of our site and the Bank. We remind you that to use our Internet Banking service, your browser must support 128-bit encryption.
Internet Banking uses 128-bit encryption, one of the most advanced technologies available for safeguarding your online banking. Encryption is a process that transforms sensitive information into a string of unrecognisable characters before they are sent over the Internet. Encryption helps provide a secure channel for data transmission to keep information private between the bank’s computer system and your Internet browser.
We employ an outside company to audit our security measures annually to help ensure the effectiveness and trustworthiness of our Internet banking. The infrastructure of our systems is further safeguarded by VeriSign, a leading provider of online security services that protects billions of daily Internet interactions around the world.
