Category Archives: Bank

Cyber Crime Insurance getting attention

Naavi has been highlighting the need for Indian Banks to obtain Cyber Crime Insurance as suggested by RBI in 2001 and ensure that customers are spared from the phishing liabilities. However Banks have been generally reluctant under the ground that … Continue reading

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A Mule arrested in Mumbai for Phishing Fraud

Mumbai Police have arrested a person in Delhi and charged him for the phishing fraud in Bank of Maharashtra, Mumbai where a Cooperative Bank (Deccan Merchant Co operative bank)had lost Rs 1.5 crores. The arrested person is one of the … Continue reading

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Outsourcing security of Banking transactions

The recent ATM frauds in Mumbai and elsewhere has re-opened the discussion on the risks arising out of “Outsourcing” in the Indian Banking scenario. The commercial Banks in India have grown so greedy that they are looking at every opportunity … Continue reading

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Axis Bank ATM license should be cancelled by RBI

Axis Bank has been in the news for the wrong reasons in recent days involving one kind of Cyber Fraud or the other. There have been many Phishing frauds and KYC failure reports as well as organized money laundering in … Continue reading

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Use of Aadhar for Cardholder authentication

It is reported that RBI is considering use of Aadhar as a second factor authentication for Credit Card transactions. Report in TOI here The cost of upgrading the card swipe mechanism at the merchants with a biometric capable instrument is … Continue reading

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Karnataka High Court delivers a favourable verdict for Axis Bank

P.S: Karnataka High Court has given a decision on 27th May 2013 in a writ petition filed by Axis Bank which has a huge implication on Cyber Crime victims in Karnataka and elsewhere in India. Hence in the general public … Continue reading

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