If anyone else is likely to use your computer, clear your cache or turn off and reinitiate your browser in order to eliminate copies of Web pages that have been stored in your hard drive. How you clear your cache will depend on the browser and version you have. This function is generally found in your preferences menu. Cathay Bank strongly recommends that you use a browser with 128-bit encryption to conduct secure financial transactions over the Internet. Encryption helps protect your private information so that it cannot be intercepted and read by a third party.
Encryption is the scrambling of information for transmission back and forth between two points.
A key is required to decode the information. When you request information about your accounts, the request is sent encrypted to Cathay Bank. We then decode your request for information and send it back to you in an encrypted format. When you receive it, your information is decoded so that you can read it. Until recently, no encryption requiring a key greater than 40-bit was permitted to be exported outside of the United States and Canada.