Internet banking security: which bank has keyring or token devices for authentication?

"David Woolley" wrote

Why couldn't they give a *choice* of a variety of designs? Big & bulky for the elderly, small & slim for people preferring that, etc...

Presumably because of the increased tooling cost.

Nationwide do offer special versions .

The keyboard on the standard one is actually on the small side; it's not really suitable for more then one finger use.

With nationwide online acount access you have to input three characters from your password and you do it. if you do this wrong more than a few times it locks you out and you have to wait for a new password to arrive by post That level oif securtity is enough to let you view your accounts and move money between them but not to send money to anyone else.

If you want to send money out you need a further level of securty for every such transaction. it uses the chip/pin reader (like a small calculator) that they supplied. You put in your card, enter in your pin, the code they give you on the screen, and the amount (IIRC). Then you type into the computer the number that the card reader displays.

Robert

Strange. We have Nationwide, RBS and NatWest in the family and we use any gadget with any card. As far as I can see they are all identical... except for the logo printed on.