Securing your Online Banking service

The most important aspect of using any online banking services, is security.  It can be an overwhelming area to consider, with passwords, e-mail scams, identity theft and anti-virus to name just a few of the things constantly in the news.

Thankfully banks do their utmost to protect their customers, as security loopoles or failures in their security systems have a damaging and lasting impact on thier reputation.  The knock on effect being that customers would likely close their accounts and move to banks where the felt their hard earned ££s were safe.

All banks offering online banking do have some form of gurantee in place, which effectively means that should they be deemed responsible for losing your money, then they would fully re-imburse these losses.

You can find all security related postings here:

• Suspicious Banking E-mails January 13, 2011 kirky

  Over 20 million people in the UK bank online, and it is a very secure and convenient way to access your bank's services. It also pays to be on the lookout for scammers who may try and gain access to your account, usually by trying to fool you into hand...

• Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 September 21, 2009 kirky

  Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Kaspersky Internet Security stops your PC or Netbook being slowed down by cybercriminals and delivers unsurpassed on-line safety whilst protecting your files, music and photos from hackers:  + Keeps your money and...

• Faster Payments Sort Code Checker March 29, 2009 kirky

  If your bank or building society has confirmed that it can offer the Faster Payments Service and you want to use it you can find out whether the account you are sending money to is able to receive a payment this way by checking the sort code h...