As per a study released by the Indian Computer Emergency Response System in 2017, one cyber crime took place in the country every 10 minutes in the first six months of the year.

The figure was an increase over the ones recorded a year earlier when one cyber crime took place every 12 minutes in India in the first half of 2016.

As India pushes towards becoming a cashless economy with the rapid rise of digital payment systems, e-wallets and availability of debit cards in easy terms, the rise such crimes pose a huge challenged.

It’s not uncommon to hear someone getting duped online or become a victim of phishing or identity theft. At the same time, banks like Federal Bank are rising up to the challenge by offering their clients a host of ways to secure a lost, misplaced or misused debit card.

About the bank

The Federal Bank Limited is one of the oldest private banks in the country which specializes in reining in technology to offer unique solutions to micro, macro and middle market units.

If you are sure that you have lost, misplaced or damaged your debit card or have noticed that someone is making unauthorized transactions with it, then one should go ahead with blocking it. Federal Bank allows its clients to block a debit card in the following four ways.

Via phone banking

Visit a Federal Bank branch

Another option that clients wanting to block a debit card have is to visit the nearest Federal Bank branch. In case of any query, they could always consult the bank’s staff.

Via mobile banking

The option to hot-list a debit card via mobile banking is available only to those clients who have are registered users of Federal Bank’s mobile banking services.

Via SMS

One Response

  1. Bymistakely I entered wrong ATM PIN 3 times and now it’s blocked.what is the next step or how u can unblock it.am having fednet and fedmobile

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