OCBC Malaysia introduces account ‘kill switch’


The bank is the first in the country to provide customers the ability to suspend accounts, cards if they suspect being scammed

OCBC BANK (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC Bank) has introduced the ‘OCBC Kill Switch’ on Dec 21, which enables customers to immediately freeze their banking accounts and cards via self-service interactive voice response (IVR) if they think they have been scammed.

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