Security

Selling Used Items on Facebook? Know How to Spot a Scam

Facebook Marketplace has become another Craig’s List as a quick way to sell used items online. With more than 1 billion active users, this convenient tool has also become a target for fraudsters.

Many consumers have excess items to get rid of, and Facebook Marketplace makes it easy to find someone willing to pay money to take it off your hands. Conducting business online, including... Read More

How to Protect Yourself

Mobile devices  provide convenience and have become something many of us rely upon daily. Cybercriminals have also seized upon this convenience as a way to commit fraud. Consider the following tips to protect your devices.

Coming July 19: The protection of your personal information is very important to us. We are pleased to announce an added login security feature for our online banking service at BankISB.com that helps guard your personal information by adding another layer of identity verification to online financial interactions.
 
How does the new security feature work?
When logging into online banking on your computer, you will receive a message (text... Read More

Criminals never take a vacation. When planning a vacation, pack these cybersecurity tips for safe travels:

Whether it is Venmo, PayPal or Apple Pay, peer-to-peer payment apps have quickly risen in popularity over the last few years. While they create convenience for consumers, they also create a new target for fraudsters. And because payment apps do not have the same consumer protection as bank accounts, such as FDIC insurance, money stolen through a payment app cannot be recovered.

There are many precautions consumers can take to protect their payment app accounts from fraud, but using one... Read More

From Meredith Huber, Mortgage Lender (NMLS# 1965302), Iowa State Bank, Algona

When it comes to personal finances, a strong credit score can open up doors to favorable rates and terms for loans and credit cards.

Learn how these five factors can impact your credit score:

From Meredith Huber, Mortgage Lender, Iowa State Bank, Algona

When it comes to personal finances, a strong credit score can open up doors to favorable rates and terms for loans and credit cards.

Learn how these five factors can impact your credit score:

Beginning October 25, 2021, all enrolled eCorp users will have access to the BankISB Biz app* with the same rights/privileges available with eCorp Business Banking. The new app simply delivers the eCorp information through your smartphone. 

Users will download the app, and have the option of using a physical or soft token, or to enable a finger print option. With the BankISB Biz app, enrolled users can:

Every day, thousands of people fall victim to fraudulent emails, texts and calls from scammers pretending to be their bank. And in this time of expanded use of online banking, the problem is only growing worse. In fact, the Federal Trade Commission’s report on fraud estimates that American consumers lost a staggering $3.3 billion to these phishing schemes and other fraud in 2020—that’s nearly double what was lost in 2019.

It’s time to put scammers in their place.

Online... Read More

At Iowa State Bank we take the responsibility of safe-guarding your money very seriously. That’s why we’re sharing information about how to prevent fraud and how to avoid common scams. We’re calling these Scam-O-Grams! Remember, if you have questions or concerns about fraud, call us first.

Every grandparent wants to hear from their grandchild, and scammers know this. If you get a call from someone pretending to be your grandchild, beware! Scammers trick... Read More