What security measures does Mercantil Commercebank Personal Online Banking use?

Mercantil Commercebank Personal Online Banking supports the highest commercially available level of Internet browser security to protect your personal financial information as it is sent to/from Mercantil Commercebank. It uses several different methods to protect your information and detects if data was added or deleted after you sent the message, ensuring data integrity. In addition, Mercantil Commercebank maintains a firewall to block access to unauthorized users.


What is a Secure Socket Layer and what does it mean?

Secure Socket Layer or SSL is a technology that protects data and allows users to establish sessions on the Internet that are safe. This technology offers minimal risks of external violation and protects the integrity of your data. Once in the Mercantil Commercebank Personal Online Banking site, you can rest assured knowing that your sessions are secure through the use of
this technology.


What is Encryption and Cryptography?

How does it protect my data? Encryption and Cryptography is a process by which your data is protected as it is transferred between your browser and Mercantil Commercebank. This process allows for the scrambling of data that is being transferred and the descrambling (or decryption of the data) once it reaches the Bank's server. This technology gives you the piece of mind that you need, knowing that your sessions in Mercantil Commercebank Personal Online Banking
are protected.


What is Cache and what does it do?

Cache is the process by which you are able to access frequently used pages in an instant. It is the method your browser uses to store pages on your hard disk. In order to free up some of your hard disk memory, it is advised that you periodically clear your cache memory. In order to do this, use your browser Help option.

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Rev.: April, 2009 | Back to Top