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The ABA and Roundtable initiative is endorsed by the Australian Bankers' Association, American Bankers Insurance Association, British Bankers' Association, European Banking Federation, Independent Community Bankers of America, the International Banking Federation, and numerous financial services institutions.<ref>[http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=344544 ABA and the Financial Services Roundtable Apply for Financial Domains to Protect Consumers]</ref>
The ABA and Roundtable initiative is endorsed by the Australian Bankers' Association, American Bankers Insurance Association, British Bankers' Association, European Banking Federation, Independent Community Bankers of America, the International Banking Federation, and numerous financial services institutions.<ref>[http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=344544 ABA and the Financial Services Roundtable Apply for Financial Domains to Protect Consumers]</ref>
The ABA hopes that a .bank TLD would allow a clearly delineated online banking community to develop in a way that phishing and malware, and spoof bank sites, are made more evident by their lack of a .bank extension. They have recommended 31 security measures and authentication requirements to ICANN for the delegation of .bank to any applicant.<ref>[http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/abas-take-on-bank-a-5050/op-1 ABAs Take on Bank 1 5050, BankInfoSecurity.com]</ref>


===Domain Security Company Ends Pursuit of .bank===
===Domain Security Company Ends Pursuit of .bank===