ZKB customers can use the new online “ZKB DataLink" service to manage their accounts and to handle their payment traffic. To be able to guarantee the integrity and confidentiality of the data traffic, ZKB is building in a PKI procedure that has been successfully used with payment traffic services by Swiss Interbank Clearing.

For legitimization of the “ZKB DataLink” service, Swiss Interbank Clearing will issue ZKB customers a digital identity in the form of a certificate or key on a chip card (smartcard). Along with a card reader and a personal secret code, this technology meets the highest security requirements of contemporary e-banking.

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Swiss Interbank Clearing Ltd. is a subsidiary of Telekurs Holding Ltd. It operates the online payment systems SIC and euroSIC, which enable financial institutions worldwide to handle their electronic payment traffic in francs and euro rapidly and securely. With remoteGATE and a customized Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), over 60 financial institutions have online access around the clock to the Swiss payment systems. Other PKI-based solutions from Swiss Interbank Clearing include payGATE^web and payCOM^web, which are used by many financial institutions for DTA/LSV services.

For further information about Swiss Interbank Clearing:

Andreas Galle
Head of Business Management
Phone: +41 44 279 43 65
E-mail

Zürich Kantonalbank information agent:
Ivo Stillhart
Payment Traffic Product Management
Phone: +41 44 292 39 54
E-mail