A survey published by Trusteer earlier this month has highlighted that a large number of internet users are re-using online usernames and passwords between financial and non financial web services. 73% of users are sharing passwords from their online banking site with at least one non-financial website, and 47% are re-using their banking username. This [...]
18 March 2010
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Internet banking has only been around for the past 12 years, but a recent survey by the Consumer Payments Survey (CPS) indicates that the popularity is increasing so much, that for the first time, over 50% of regular internet users (41.4m) are now banking online. This represents an online banking user base in excess of [...]
24 January 2010
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Alison Steed, from financial website mymoneydiva.com, warned people were regularly making mistakes when filling in payment details, meaning millions of pounds are going astray. She said that the authorities had no powers to recover the cash unless the recipient agrees to return it.
20 September 2009
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A survey by Which? Computing has highlighted that some of Britain’s biggest banks appear to be leaving their customers’ online accounts vulnerable to fraud because of poor security. Abbey and Halifax fared worst in the review on their security measures, whereas Which? Computing experts rated Barclay’s as the top provider.
5 September 2009
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Barclays have launched a refreshed and updated online banking site for 2009, with not only just a change to the look and feel, but also adding a few new features. Unfortunately the new site launch didn’t run as smoothly as intended and users struggled to login to their service today.
27 July 2009
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Internet security is key if you’re using accessing any form of online banking, and Barclays have come up with a great offer that gets you a 12 month license for either the award-winning Kaspersky Internet Security suite (RRP £49.99) or Kaspersky Mobile Security suite (RRP £14) free of charge if you use their Online Banking [...]
23 April 2009
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