0,000 years to crack. Now that's secure. (Source: Byte Magazine) When you're ready to open an e-banking account, you can receive more information on security, as well as a recent browser that supports 128-bit encryption, through your financial institution or at the Netscape and Microsoft Web sites. In the time it takes you to pay your bills the old-fashioned way, you can be up and running with e-banking. Best of all, once you enter who you pay bills to, you'll never have to re-enter that information. Your financial institution may offer e-banking via the Web or a personal financial manager or both. Web-based e-banking is generally easier and quicker to set up. All you'll need is a recent browser that supports U.S. encryption. To use your financial institution's personal finance manager, you'll need the software from that institution. How to set up an online account (You'll need a checking account established with the financial institution first.): 1. Have important information handy (account numbers, driver's license, social security number, credit card numbers, employer contact info, previous address). 2. Go to your financial institution's web site. 3. Click to the e-banking page of the site. 4. Fill out and submit the online e-banking enrollment form. 5. Within a few days your financial institution will send you a e-banking start-up package that will contain a user ID, password and web site address with instructions on how to begin e-banking. That's all there is to it! You'll be amazed how convenient e-banking is. Try it once, and you'll never go back....
