Security News > 2020 > February > Don't use natwest.co.uk for online banking, Natwest bank tells baffled customer

British customers of High Street banking brand Natwest are being advised not to use the domain natwest.co.uk - by none other than Natwest itself.

Consumers are increasingly becoming aware of threats to their online banking security through malware and malicious apps designed to steal credentials.

Baffled and suspicious, Mygind pointed this out to El Reg, whereupon we asked the bank whether all was well with its website, which falls under the ASN of the Royal Bank of Scotland, its parent firm.

A spokesperson tried telling us that Natwest's personal banking portal has always been hosted on natwest.com and not dot-co-dot-uk.

We have asked further questions of Natwest and will update this article if the bank, these days a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, responds.

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