WEMA Bank Reiterates Commitment To Customer Data Confidentiality

<h4>WEMA Bank Reiterates Commitment To Customer Data Confidentiality<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that Wema Bank has advised its customers and the general public to disregard messages in the public space requesting for account numbers&period; The bank&comma; in a statement made available to OpenLife&comma; stated that it places premium on customers&&num;8217&semi; confidentiality&period; The statement is reproduced below<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Our attention has been drawn to recent reports of members of the public receiving text messages with account numbers&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>We implore members of the public that&comma; as a financial institution&comma; Wema Bank takes issues around data integrity and breaches seriously&comma; and we are currently investigating the reports&period; Recently&comma; we embarked on a massive activation campaign in the month and wish to state that all accounts opened are valid and fit for use&period; We would like to reassure our customers that we keep all customer data confidential&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Do note&comma; however&comma; that no account can be activated except by the owner of the account&comma; when the person downloads the app and proceeds with account confirmation&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Again&comma; we implore everyone to keep their personal details safe as scammers are on the prowl and would use all opportunities to defraud customers&period; Where you think your data may have been compromised&comma; please change all your passwords and PINs immediately&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>We want to assure all our customers that your financial transactions remain safe and secure with Wema Bank&period; We appreciate all our customers for choosing to bank with us and urge them to refer our simple&comma; convenient&comma; and reliable digital banking services via ALAT to their friends and family&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;