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.BANK Enhances Online Trust

Montecito Bank & Trust adopted the .bank domain in 2015. This is an important investment in both the future of our financial services and your banking security.

What is the difference between .bank and other URL extensions?

The .bank domain incorporates security requirements that were created in partnership between the ICANN regulating body that assigns domain extensions and representatives from the banking industry.

What are the security benefits?

  • .bank is only open to banks that are verified by their regulator. You cannot obtain this domain if you are not a bank. This provides customers with a level of confidence that they are accessing a legitimate bank website.
  • Because the .bank domain is verified and authenticated, phishing, spoofing, internet scams and malicious emails that target bank customers should be reduced.
  • The .bank extension incorporates the latest security requirements and best practices including a sophisticated suite of specifications, Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), SPF, DKIM, and DMARC for email authentication & verification, multi-factor authentication, enhanced encryption (NIST Level 3) and prohibition of proxy/privacy registration. This is unique to .bank and not instituted with standard domains.

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