Bank-security-India¶
Comparisons of security designs that are user-facing across public and private sector banks in India.
Introduction¶
After several frustrating moments while using Internet-banking platforms for even the most basic stuff, I began documenting how different banks handle user-side security. I was not-surprised to find that quite a few banks had severe restrictions on the quality of passwords the users can use. Several other banks even used the on-screen keypad in a laughable attempt to presumably thwart key-logging attacks.
I began documenting some of the parameters that define end-user security for different banks. I even ran a survey (that received luke warm response) to crowdsource data about several banks. I compiled the data into a JSON file. Then I stumbled upon Rodolphe Breard’s “bankageeks” project. That’s where I picked up the idea to present the data on “Read the docs”.
This project documents only the banks operating in India. If you wish to do a similar project for banks in your country, you can do so by forking this project.
Contribute¶
If you find outdated, missing or erroneous information here, feel free to create a pull request to fix the errors yourself. You can also report the problem in the bugtracker.
To the attention of banks¶
The information presented here was compiled from crowdsourced data and from independent research. If you find that any information here is erroneous, please refer to the ‘Contribute’ section to find out how you can fix the errors yourself. If you feel that this information hurts your image, improve your services and update the information here.
License¶
This documentation is provided under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL) version 1.3. You can find the full text for the license at https://gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html. A copy of the license is included with the source in the LICENSE.txt file.