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The whole thing -- Card, Card reader, Card PIN -- on top of the existing pin numbers and login details now makes the online banking system with NatWest a painful experience. I have accounts in 3 countries, including a small business account at NATWEST and a personal account at another UK bank that has decided NOT to use the card reader & pin system. None of the other banks whether in the UK, US or France require anywhere NEAR the hassle that this new system requires in order to pay bills. Just to amend a payee (for example to include the new invoice number rather than the one from last time), you have to use the card reader system. Since I travel abroad quite frequently, and do all our banking via the online system, carrying around an easy to lose card reader and yet another (easy to lose) card makes banking with NatWest a lot less attractive. We've spoken with our banker who says they've had a fair number of complaints, and we are now looking at switching our account. Anyone else?
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This is a video demonstration of a remote attack on the Natwest and RBS online banking systems, which allows an adversary to view a customer's ...
I frequently, when logging in to my online account, get told I have entered the wrong details, even though I know I have not entered the wrong details (I always take time and care to enter my log in details).
I end up having to re-activate my account on a regular basis because on the second 'failed' attempt I get blocked. This is now just becoming a nuisance.
Does anyone else experience this with Natwest online banking. Any suggestions why I keep getting blocked for 'failed login attempts'. I've checked with Natwest and there is no suspicious activity going on.
It has happened to me too, on many occasions! I don't know why as I am careful with my passwords but am starting to run out of things I might be able to remember! If you find an answer to the problem, please let me know!
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The payout is thought to have been given the green light by UK Financial Investments (UKFI), the body set up to manage the Government's stakes in banks.
RBS, which is 84% taxpayer-owned after a string of bailouts, is expected to post losses of more than £5 billion for the year to December.
But it is the bank's controversial bonus pot that will prompt howls of outrage from the public as it comes despite the deficit and an expected admission that it has not met Government lending targets, which were laid out as part of the terms of its bail-out.
RBS boss Stephen Hester, who has waived his own payout for last year, has said the bank must give competitive bonuses to its key staff but that it would pay "the minimum we can get away with" to the investment bankers.
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Online fraud: Crooks Googled meThe Guardian - Mar 19, 2011
If I had any doubts about this procedure, they were allayed by the fact that the bank I was asked to transfer funds to was NatWest, whose online ad reads: "See how we're working to keep your money safe from harm." Its parent, Royal Bank of Scotland,
News & Star - Mar 19, 2011
Luke said: “After I finished my course, I needed something to tide myself over and took a job at NatWest bank. “However, I quickly found that a soul sucking retail bank job did not suit me.” He then applied for a manager's job at the Source, and more »
Insider Media - Mar 18, 2011
NatWest has provided funding through the government's enterprise finance guarantee scheme to help purchase the trading business. Andrew Atkinson, manager of business banking at NatWest, said: “Julian knows both the market and the locality fantasticallyKenilworth Today - Mar 18, 2011
“My partner received a similar call from the bank about an hour after me as someone was trying to take £200 from her account. “When I went into NatWest, the staff told me I wasn't alone and that around 16 people from the bank had had their card clonedInsider Media - Mar 15, 2011
Meanwhile, Andy Swift becomes the new director of NatWest commercial banking for Southampton. He will lead a team of 30 locally based staff who will serve businesses with a turnover of between £2m and £25m. Andy has worked for NatWest for 31 years,Horncastle Today - Mar 18, 2011
Firefighter crews from Horncastle and Woodhall Spa were called out after a fire started within a computer server at Natwest in the High Street. Although the fire burnt out by itself, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue had to check the building and isolate
BBC News - Mar 08, 2011
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of robbery after an incident outside a bank, say North Wales Police. Police said the victim had money taken from him on the steps of the NatWest bank on Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, at 1044 GMT on Tuesday. and more »