Protect your identity: online banking best practices

by: Amaia Kirtland

When it comes to online banking best practices, there are plenty of ways to protect yourself, and your money, from possible fraud or compromise. Here at Lancaster Red Rose Credit Union, we want all our members to understand the threats out there and how they can protect themselves.

Here I’ll share the first 5 tips in my overall list of Top 10 Online Banking Best Practices that will help you perform online banking in a safer and more trusted environment.

1. Install Anti-Virus And Anti-Malware Software

This is the one strategy that I cannot stress enough. If you don’t have anti-virus and anti-malware software installed on your computer, I ask that you please not do any online banking on that system.

A computer without protective software cannot be trusted, as you have no way of knowing for sure if it’s been compromised or not. By installing anti-virus and anti-malware software and keeping them up-to-date, you’re keeping yourself protected while conducting online banking, as well as any other online activities you may do on that computer.

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