| News and Events |
| HOLIDAY HOURS |
| Public Savings Bank will be closed Monday, September 6 for Labor Day and Thursday and Friday September 9 & 10 for Rosh Hashannah. Online Banking Remains Available 24/7.
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| PUBLIC SAVINGS IN THE NEWS
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Read about our credit card in
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"This Economy: Web site links up lenders, borrowers"
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| BILLPAY CUSTOMERS |
| We're making some improvements to your BillPay service including biller groups and quick biller add. Not using online BillPay? Call 1-888-8PUBLIC to sign up. |
| DESKTOP DEPOSIT COMPATIBILITY |
| If you are purchasing a new computer or planning to upgrade your operating system to Windows 7, please note that there is a known compatibility issue for the Desktop Deposit application. Work is being done to remedy this issue, but for the present the Desktop Deposit application is NOT compatible with installations of Windows 7. |
| MOBILE BANKING |
| We are pleased to announce the release of our NEW mobile banking platform available in both English and Spanish. Customers can now access their bank accounts for FREE from their mobile devices at m.publicsavings.com. Log in and try it out today! |
| LEARN ABOUT CREDIT |
| Credit is so much more than a plastic card. It's your financial trustworthiness. Having good credit means it will be easier for you to get loans and low interest rates. Low interest rates usually translate into smaller monthly payments. That's important when you borrow money for a car or a place to live. Learn More... |
Internet Fraud
Public Savings Bank welcomes the responsibility of protecting our customers' privacy. In an effort to educate our customers we have posted information on phishing and spoofing on our bank websites.
Phishing is the latest form of identity theft. It's when thieves act as if they are representing an organization and try to hook the consumer into providing personal information. Once the consumer is hooked, the thieves can do lasting damage to a consumer's financial accounts. They can dupe customers into providing their Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, PINs, mothers' maiden names and other personal information.
THE THIEVES OFTEN POSE AS:
 Financial institution - Credit card company
- Online merchant
- Utility or other biller
- Internet service provider
- Government agency
- Prospective employer
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Estimated to cost consumers $1.2 billion last year, according to research firm Gartner, Inc., phishing is perpetuated by both phone and e-mail, although email is more prevalent.
Here's how it works: Consumers receive an email from an organization with which they do business. The email typically includes bogus appeals such as problems with an account or billing errors, and asks the consumer to confirm his/her personal information. Different approaches include things such as "We're updating our records," "We've identified fraudulent activity on your account," or "Valuable account and personal information was lost due to a computer glitch." To encourage people to act immediately, the email usually threatens that the account could be closed or canceled.
Most emails ask recipients to follow an embedded link that takes them to an exact replica of the victim company's Web site. Graphics on the counterfeit site are so convincing that even experts often can have a hard time distinguishing the fake site from the real one.
Despite the convincing appeals, consumers should not respond to unsolicited emails that direct them to divulge personal identifying information. Reputable organizations that consumers legitimately do business with generally do not request account numbers or passwords unless the consumer initiated the transaction.
Unfortunately, by hijacking the trusted brands of well-known and reputable organizations nationwide, phishers are able to convince up to 5% of recipients to respond to them, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group. Gartner, Inc. recently reported that more than 57 million Americans think they have received a phishing email, and the FBI has called phishing the "hottest, most troubling new scam on the Internet."
Members of the Virginia Financial Group have learned through the FBI, FDIC and ABA (American Bankers Association) that there have been several instances of unsolicited email and telephone scams that have attempted to glean personal and banking information from the general public. These emails have the appearance of coming from one of the above mentioned agencies. For more information, you can visit the sites below:
FBI/FDIC Spoofing
ABA Fraud Alert
FBI Spoofing
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