Citibank Korea launches campaign on ‘Secure Internet Banking’

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2009-08-03 09:35

Seoul--(뉴스와이어)--Citibank Korea Inc. (CKI; CEO YK Ha, www.citibank.co.kr) launches a campaign to promote customer awareness of security control to ensure safe internet banking transaction, and the campaign will last until late December this year.

As part of the campaign effort, CKI will distribute promotional poster and materials throughout local branches while providing instructions via phone banking and the bank’s website (www.citibank.co.kr) as well.

The bank said “Public Certificates, Security Card, Password and other security related data should not be stored in e-mail box or web hard to prevent sensitive personal information from being stolen or hijacked in the middle of internet banking transaction.”

CKI also recommended customers to replace the existing security card with OTP token to heighten security level of internet or phone banking while instructing customers to subscribe to Banking Transaction Messaging service which sends transaction details to customers’ mobile phone immediately after the transaction takes place.

It also told that customers with frequent financial transaction over phone or the internet should be more cautious and proactive on the control of security to protect themselves against any personal information theft attempts even considering recent nation-wide event of DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service).

Citibank Korea Inc.

Citibank had opened its first branch in Korea in 1967, and was born newly as Citibank Korea Inc. (CKI) through integration with KorAm Bank in 2004. CKI serves customers at 231 branches (as of end of March 2009) in Korea by providing the first class financial products and services based on the various products and know-how of Citi with global network including more than 100 years of history and 200 million customers in more than 100 countries. CKI delivers new financial world to the customers through development of innovative financial products and services, encompassing from corporate and investment banking to consumer banking, private banking, and wealth management. Furthermore, Citibank Korea Inc., as a responsible corporate citizen, conducts diverse community activities in the areas of financial education, next generation education, woman, diversity, community, and environment consistently in corporation with sound non-profit organizations.

웹사이트: http://www.citibank.co.kr