Commerzbank replacing 35,000 cards over stolen data fears

A man walks past a branch of Commerzbank ahead of the bank's annual news conference in Frankfurt, Germany in this February 12, 2015 file picture. Commerzbank will pay a dividend for the first time since 2007 as its recovery gains ground, but is losing its Chief Executive Martin Blessing, the architect who managed the bank's turnaround after the financial crisis. Germany's second-largest lender said on November 2, 2015 that it will propose a payout of 20 euro cents per share for 2015, a day after Blessing said he will leave the bank after his contract expires next year. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/Files

FRANKFURT: Germany’s Commerzbank said it had decided to replace the bank cards of some 35,000 clients over fears account data may have leaked. 

“To protect our clients from possible abuse we are exchanging their credit cards as a preventative measure,” Commerzbank, Germany’s second-largest lender, said in a tweet.