Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 11: HDFC Bank organized a training workshop for Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP), personnel.
This training was part of HDFC Bank’s Secure Banking Initiative, aimed at engaging with all its key stakeholders to improve security in banking across different channels to prevent cyber-crime.
The programme covers various aspects of investigating economic offences in the banking space, such as how to identify and deal with skimming scams, vishing, phishing, data counterfeiting, identity theft, e-commerce trends, retail assets fraud, SIM duplication and email threats among others. Over 110 police officers attended the seminar in Jammu including JP Singh, Inspector General of Police (Personnel) and Sameer Rekhi (SSP), AIGP (Training).
The programme was inaugurated by JP Singh, Inspector General of Police (Personnel) and Sameer Rekhi (SSP), AIGP (Training) in the presence of Zubair Iqbal, Circle Head, Jammu and Kashmir, HDFC Bank, Sachin Mahajan, Cluster Head, HDFC Bank, Parvinder Singh Sudan, Cluster Head, HDFC Bank and other senior officials of Jammu and Kashmir Police and HDFC Bank.
“With the help of real-life examples and case studies, we endeavour to equip law enforcement authorities with appropriate skill sets to tackle economic offences in the banking space. This initiative will also enhance the co-ordination between banks and law enforcement authorities. We’d like to thank Jammu & Kashmir Police for extending their support and co-operation in setting up this training session, which is a part of our larger Secure Banking Initiative,” said Zubair Iqbal, Circle Head, Jammu and Kashmir, HDFC Bank.
In addition to the training programme for law enforcement authorities, HDFC Bank also conducts workshops for its customers at various branches under its Secure Banking initiative. These workshops aim to educate customers and raise awareness about precautions they need to take while conducting banking transactions; be it using a cheque, transacting at ATMs, using debit or credit cards at POS terminals, merchant outlets, net-banking and mobile banking.