Ulster Bank, which is a major banking institution headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has its own online banking services, where its customers from both private and institutional segments can conduct their financial transactions over the internet. The Ulsterbank Online service uses a secure service portal called “Anytime Internet Banking.” This service is available 24x7x365 and allows one to take control over his/her finances.
· One can keep track of his/her assets and check his/her balances, which are updated real time.
· One can check his/her financial transactions made so far and print those that are up to six months old.
· One can pay bills and transfer money to other accounts.
· One can also check Ulster Bank Credit Card statements and balances and pay them online.
· Help is available anytime.
· One saves a considerable amount of time in online transactions.
· Also, one gets a free copy of Ulster Bank’s desktop security software called Rapport for online protection.
One needs a PC, laptop or a Mac with an internet connection to sign up for Ulster Bank’s internet banking service and use it. The system requirements are:
· PC/laptop users can use Microsoft 2000, XP or Vista as their OS, and can access the portal in browsers like Microsoft IE 6/7/8, Safari 3.x/4.x, AOL 8.0 and above, Firefox 2.0 and above, and Opera 9.2x and above.
· Apple Mac users can use OS X as their OS and can access the portal using browsers like Safari 1.3/3.x/4.x, Firefox 2.0/3.0/3.5.x, and Opera 9.2x/9.5/9.6x.
Ulster Bank enforces some security measures to enable its customers a safe and secure online banking experience. They are:
· Log in security with a portion of one’s PIN and the password.
· Auto log-off on inactive use of the banking portal.
· Temporary disabling of the account upon repeated failed attempts to log in.
· Free security software to safeguard against malicious attacks and phishing of important data.