OUR WEBSITE IS MAKING THE MOVE TO .BANK
Keeping You Safe and Secure.
We’ve got some exciting news to share with you all. The Hamilton Bank is making the move
from our current .NET address to the more secure and bank-only .BANK domain.
Since you may have questions about what the .BANK domain may mean, we’re sharing
answers to many commonly asked questions below. As always, however, if you have a
question that’s not covered below, don’t hesitate to contact us, and we’re happy to help.
What is .BANK?
.BANK is a gated domain, like .gov or .edu, but for verified banks. Replacing .com, which can
be purchased by anyone, .BANK quickly verifies that the website or email is authentically
from our bank, so you can interact with confidence when you see the ‘.BANK’ at the end of
our email address and website URL. When we go live, around February 4, 2025, you’ll want to
watch for .BANK in our website and any email that comes from the bank.
How is .BANK more secure?
All banks are verified and authenticated by fTLD, the .BANK administrator, prior to registering
their .BANK domain, and re-verified annually thereafter. This ensures that everyone using a
.BANK domain is an eligible organization. Hackers and bad actors can’t get a .BANK domain to
create lookalike domains for phishing and spoofing, as they can in ‘.com’ and ‘.net’ and other
publicly available Domains.
With the ‘.BANK’ visual authentication cue in place, you can quickly confirm emails and
websites of ours are real and avoid interactions that could lead to identity theft and financial
fraud. This authentication is also an additional layer of protection for internal and vendor
communications, helping to secure against potential breaches.
All banks within the .BANK domain must also implement additional Security Requirements to
help secure their sites and email, and protect them, their vendors, and their customers from
phishing, spoofing, and other cyberattacks. All banks using .BANK are monitored for
compliance with these security requirements on an ongoing basis.
Do I need to do anything differently now that you’re using .BANK?
When we go live, you’ll see that our URL ends with a .BANK and no longer .NET. From this
point on you’ll want to ensure you see this in the URL, and eventually, all email
correspondence and system alert messages will also be using the same .BANK extension for
added protection.
The good news is that our .NET email addresses will automatically be forwarded to our new
.BANK email addresses once we’ve made the change, and our .net address will redirect to our
new .BANK site automatically.
You’re the first ‘.BANK’ I’ve seen. Why haven’t all the other banks moved?
The move to .BANK is a business decision every bank must make, and plan for, based on its
priorities and resources. We decided it was a priority for us to enhance our security and
provide our customers with an easy way to authenticate our email communications and
website and are excited about making it available to the general public.
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