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4/14/2014
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Security & Fraud Information
There is an increase of phone and text messaging scams created to gain sensitive customer information, also known as "smishing." "Smishing" is another form of Phishing and occurs when a fraudster sends you a SMS/text message asking you to provide sensitive, personal, and/or financial information via a web link and false website, or a telephone number.
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4/11/2014
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Education
Northwest Bank is celebrating Teach Children To Save Day with providing savings education to more than 2,400 local youths.
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4/10/2014
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Security & Fraud Information
Security researchers recently announced a discovered vulnerability, named Heartbleed, within the widely used web encryption technology referred to as "OpenSSL." Northwest Bank is aware of the Heartbleed Bug and has taken steps to evaluate our systems to ensure the safety of our customer's information. The bank does not use the OpenSSL encryption and is not susceptible to the vulnerability.
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4/10/2014
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Education
It's never too early to begin teaching children the basics of finance. Northwest Bank encourages parents to expose their children to experiences like visiting the bank, budgeting and paying bills.
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4/4/2014
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Education
At Northwest Bank, we value our customers and want to keep them informed and safe. We feel it is important to share technology updates that could directly impact the security of sensitive information.
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