To protect you while performing banking activities using your smartphone, HSBC would like to recommend few essential security tips as follows:

Keep your smartphone save

• Avoid sharing your mobile handsets with others and use your own handset to log on
• Do not leave your handset unattended after logon to Mobile Banking. Always log off properly when you are finished with it
• Better set up auto-lock and enable password-protect to prevent unauthorized access of your handsets

Use only trusted device and softwares

• Use default browsers originally provided by mobile handsets rather than newly installed browsers downloaded from other sources
• Don't use any jailbroken handset which may have security loopholes to log on to Mobile Banking
• Don't install applications on your mobile handsets from mistrusted sources

Generic points to note

• Do not store your Internet Banking username and password on your mobile handsets
• When using Wi-Fi connection, use trusted Wi-Fi networks or service providers and enable security protection such as Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), if possible
• Install and update the latest anti-virus and anti-spyware software regularly on your mobile handsets, whenever they are available
• HSBC Internet Banking website has adopted EV SSL Certificate (Extended Validation SSL Certificate). Depends on your browser, a padlock and the bank name will be shown in green at the top of the browser for additional site verification.

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