travel insurance – the loose wire blog

Logging Off, But Still Not Getting It

November 23, 2011March 14, 2005 by jeremy

Sorry about the absence of posts in the past few days. I have a good excuse — promise. Anyway, about a year ago I mentioned a Hong Kong bank that misled customers by telling them, after they had logged off their online account, that they had ‘logged out, but hadn’t logged off’ or somesuch. A … Read more

Phishing Takes Its Toll

November 24, 2011October 11, 2004 by jeremy

Is phishing beginning to take its toll on banks? It’s been my belief for some time that this is, or would be, the case. Banks have seen the Internet as a cash cow and have been over-eager to milk it without realising that it’s not just a way to grab more customers and slice overheads. … Read more