The IBA is Making the Move to .BANK and think you should, too!

We’re excited to announce that the Illinois Bankers Association has enhanced our cybersecurity and will be moving our website and email addresses from ILBanker.com to Illinois.BANK in September 2021.

After the move, if you visit or email us at ILBanker. com, you will be automatically redirected to Illinois. BANK (take a moment at your convenience to update your bookmark and address book). We believe ‘The bank of the future’ is in .BANK, so to further encourage you to enhance your cybersecurity along with us, we want to announce a new member benefit, a 20% discount on new 1-year registrations of .BANK domains for all members of the Illinois Bankers Association.

Now is the time to move to .BANK!

Today, most of our customers find themselves banking and communicating with us online, and they will likely continue to do so for the foreseeable future. In fact, more than a quarter of surveyed customers indicated they’ll continue to bank online even once it’s safe to return to branches. Further, many customers find themselves more acutely concerned with their personal and/or business finances as the COVID pandemic continues.

This move to online banking and communications has caused a dramatic increase in phishing attacks in the financial sector (400%-600% according to the FBI), and the concern around personal/business finances has made customers far more likely to engage with phishing emails, leading to identity theft and financial fraud. Similarly, this increase of phishing and BEC-style attacks on banks increases the probability of breaches and ransomware attacks.

There simply has never been a better time to enhance cybersecurity for your bank, online banking, and email communications by moving to the verifiable, gated and more secure .BANK domain.

The process is very easy:

1. Complete the Verification Application with fTLD, the operator of the .BANK domain: www.register.bank/get-started

2. Once you are verified (typically within 1 business day) you will receive a Registration Token from fTLD. Share this token, and the Discount Code below, with one of the participating registrars listed below to complete the registration process and purchase your .BANK domain.

Discount Code: SBAAPR2021

Participating Registrars

• EnCirca • Lexsynergy • 101Domain • DomainRegistry.de

If you have any questions about .BANK, from registering a domain to making the move easily, affordably and seamlessly for your customers, Drew Schiff, from fTLD Registry Services, the .BANK operator, has offered to be a direct resource to our members. He can be reached at drew@fTLD.com or 202.339.7000.