Guarding the digital front door
Seven tips for preventing phishing scams and enhancing security when consumers engage with your bank online.
Browsing: Dot-bank
‘If It’s Not .bank, It’s Not My Bank’
With .bank URLs, banks are reclaiming their email channels from the fear of phishing as a trusted space to communicate internally and with their customers.
Report: Email Impostor Fraud Up 60% Year-on-Year
Imposter attacks against financial services organizations rose by 60% from the end of 2017 to the end of 2018, according to a report released today by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.
Nichols: Bankers on ‘Leading Edge of Cybersecurity’
As the guardians of consumers’ sensitive financial data, America’s banks are “on the leading edge of cybersecurity,” ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols remarked in an interview today for the .BANK Influencer Series, which spotlights influencers from across the financial industry.
.bank: One Year Later
A year after the sunrise period began for .bank registrations, banks that have made the migration are seeing the benefits.
Differentiation: The Dot-Bank Website
By Walt Albro
Dot-Bank: What Next?
By Tara Hershberger
Free Guide Helps Bankers Make the Most of .bank
fTLD Registry Services — the company ABA helped set up to run the new .bank domain — has released a free guide to help bankers make the most of the .bank domain.
New .bank Domain Sees Strong Demand with 3,000 Applications
Last night, within the first 10 minutes of general availability for .bank domain names, more than 3,000 applications were received. These applicants join the 782 financial institutions that applied for .bank domains during the “sunrise” period for banks whose names have previously been registered in an international trademark directory.
ABA Issues Reminder on .bank Registrars as June 23 Nears
With the general availability period for applying for .bank domains coming on June 23 at 8 p.m. EDT, ABA urges bankers considering a .bank domain to carefully select a registrar in advance based on considerations of both service and price.