Protect Your Bank Account
Protect your bank account from scams and fraud with expert tips on passwords, multi-factor authentication, and safe online banking practices.
By Michael McCullough on October 31, 2025. Estimated reading time: 5 minutes.
Introduction
This is part of a series of columns about how to protect important information and people in your life against fraud and scams.
“People don’t go to an ATM or into a bank a lot anymore, instead they mostly log in on our laptops or mobile devices,”
says Octavia Howell, vice-president and chief information security officer for Equifax Canada.
Banking from your phone or computer is convenient, but it leaves a lot of the security that used to be undertaken by the bank up to the customer.
Author's summary: Protect your bank account with expert tips.
- Passwords
- Multi-factor authentication
- Safe online banking practices