Safe Online Banking
There is currently widespread use of an e-mail scam known as “phishing,” in which
identity thieves send e-mails to bank customers asking them to “verify” information
or otherwise divulge personal data.
- WE NEVER SEND E-MAILS REQUESTING PERSONAL INFORMATION. We will never
ask you to “verify” information. We will never ask you to click on a special site
link to do so. While e-mails of this nature may look like they came from us, and
even use our logo, they are most likely “phishing” scams. Do not answer them. If
you receive e-mail purporting to be from us, do not hesitate to call us to confirm
it. If you have divulged any personal information, report it to the bank immediately.
Here are just a few of the safeguards we have in place to help ensure
your personal security when visiting us online:
- Your Password – We’ll ask you to develop a secret password that only you will know.
Only then will you be able to review personal information about your account.
- Our Privacy Policy – Our entire staff is dedicated to protecting the personal privacy
of you, our customer. We have stringent privacy policies in place, and have instituted
bank-wide measures to assure that they are strictly observed.
- Encryption Software – “Cryptographic software” makes it possible to scramble a message
between two parties (you and your bank), in a way that allows the message to be
decoded only by one of the two parties.
When you bank with us you can bank with confidence…online, on the phone
or in person!