New Zealand: Banks Suppress Info About Security of Online Banking

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Stuff.co.nz.

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New Zealand's mainstream banks have suppressed information about the level
of concern about the security of online banking.

Polling company Neilsen, which conducts surveys for the Bankers'
Association, today published a news release showing the uptake of online
banking, but when asked about security questions, spokesman Donald Sheppard
said banks didn't want that information released.

"The banks we work with didn't really want that going to press because it's
a little bit of a can of worms for them," he told NZPA.

"People are naturally concerned about online banking and that kind of thing
and there's been a lot of info in the press about all these scams and
phishing and all of that.

"We do monitor it... but our clients are the four main banks and they
didn't want that going out into the public arena because they didn't want
another song and dance about that," he said.

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More:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4407229a28.html

Gee. I can't image why people might be concerned:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4405780a28.html

- - ferg

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