By Adriana Noton


In the 1980's, the use of internet banking started when people would access information through a phone line. The beginnings of credit unions on the internet started around the mid 1990's. In today's society the banks are online and have convenient features and better interest rates than traditional person to person banks.

Today, transactions used by banking corporations are transactional, non-transactional, and other administrative processes. The transactional features are the most commonly used applications due to the convenient options that users are exposed to. An account holder can transfer money from accounts, pay a bill, wire a transfer, start a new account, and apply for a loan during the transactional application.

When someone wants to just view different transactions, images of statements or checks, or printing bank statements, then the non-transactional method is the one to use.

Administrative procedures that are used with the world wide web are managing several users under one account and approving transaction processes. Also, users have the ability to monitor every account in one location even if it is with different banks or credit unions.

Protection for online bankers are done through security measures. A TAN or PIN is used as the first step to applying security measures to bank accounts. A TAN is a transactional identification number. This is a password that is used one-time to verify the user initially. Once identity has been verified, then a PIN is established to allow the bank account user access to all the information at any time. The PIN is a personal identification number that allows the security of the account to be accessed. A security breach in the log process is the only way that PINs are usually manipulated. Applications can be utilized when a correct PIN is entered at log-in.

Some tactics one can complete in order to prevent these types of security breaches on bank accounts are to not click on hyperlinks and emails that may seem unusual. When you use smart phones make sure you take the same precautions are you would a computer. Finally, get rid of any account information by shredding any mail that may contain important information.

Whether someone is choosing a traditional bank or an online bank, it is wise to make sure that the bank is legitimate so that you will have federally insured deposits. Research the websites of banks in order to find out about the history of the bank along with its physical address and official name. The headquarters can be found and verified through the better business bureau. The FDIC is another corporation that is known to secure a financial institution with insurance.

Protect yourself from fraudulent Web sites.

Copycat sites are websites that will use the closely spelled names of financial institutions deliberately in order to try trick account holders into giving out personal log in information. Also, by incorrectly typing in a website address, you may expose yourself to viruses or Trojan horses that may pull information from your computer.




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