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#237796 18-Jun-2018 15:41
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My wife locked herself out of her Internet Banking account and used the "Forgot Password" facility to reset her account.  She gave her customer number, a new password, and then the system sent her a text message with an "online code" to validate the password change.  Too easy by far, and pretty typical behavior for lots of web sites.  The online code is about providing two-factor authentication, but in this case, you don't authenticate with the bank at all.  You are relying on having a PIN on your phone, and having set the phone to not show an incoming text messages.  This seems like another example of why it's a bad idea for people to have their phone and wallet together. 

 

Does anyone know of ways in which a customer can make this system better?  A CSR at ANZ Bank said there was a setting on the web site to stop the online code for password change, but this still allows password changes.

 

 


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  #2039883 18-Jun-2018 16:18
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Doing what you suggest is a 2 edged sword.

 

You can disable Online Code under Your Settings --> Change Online Code settings however this stops a SMS when you're changing your online code from within ANZ's internet banking itself.

 

Now for the other part - you're protected from fraudulent activities if you're following ANZ's Electronic Banking Conditions. If your wife is following this and has her phone go missing with somebody deciding to reset her password for her internet banking then she is still covered as long as she didn't contribute to this. There is some somewhat complex fraud checking going on behind the scenes and (without going into too much detail) this kind of activity will more than likely alert on their end anyway. If the system suspects something phishy is going on it'll actually ask to give them a call with a code for manual verification...

 

Another way to mitigate this is to disable lock screen notification previews - on iPhones this is under Settings --> Notifications --> Show Previews. This doesn't prevent people from just removing the SIM though.

 

But, keep Online Code enabled - while it is not perfect it is still adds an additional layer of security. I totally get what you're saying around manual verification but quite frankly if they did this then every 2nd call that comes into the contact centre would be a password reset request.

 

 





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