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Is that password the only authentication they use?


I've got an account number, which is only used by the bank (though it appears on all bank statements). For some operations (adding a beneficiary for bank transfer, for example), there's a double factor, either on my phone or by postal mail and then there's at least a 24h delay: they must know their security is bad, so the bank limits the damage that can be done, you can't just get hacked and all your account emptied in a hour.

And to change your phone number, you've to use a on-use password, sent by postal mail to your address.


Elsewhere in this thread, a commenter (actually multiple) mentions that many French banks use 6-digit pins for authentication.[0] Another mentions that in Spain, some telcos do the same thing.[1]

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22360298

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22356534




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