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==.Bank and .Insurance TLD Projects==

==.Bank and .Insurance TLD Projects==

The American Bankers Association partnered with BITS, the technology policy arm of the Financial Services Roundtable in applying for the [[.bank]] and [[.insurance ]] top level domain names ([[TLD]]s) with [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]] to  "provide the highest security for the millions of customers conducting banking and insurance activities online." <ref>

The American Bankers Association partnered with BITS, the technology policy arm of the Financial Services Roundtable, to apply for the [[.bank]] and [[.insurance ]] [[TLD|top level domain names]] (TLDs) within [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]] to  "provide the highest security for the millions of customers conducting banking and insurance activities online." <ref>[http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/industry-groups-bid-control-new-bank-and-insurance-tlds-053112 Industry Groups Bid To Control New .Bank And .Insurance TLDs]</ref>  [[Verisign]] was been chosen as their back-end registry solutions provider. <ref>[http://domainincite.com/archives/4107-verisign-now-front-runner-for-bank VeriSign now front-runner for .bank]</ref> [[Craig Schwartz]], ICANN's former chief gTLD registry liaison, was also hired by ABA and BITs to serve as general manager of the .bank registry.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/archives/4999-senior-icann-staffer-hired-by-bank-project Senior ICANN staffer hired by .bank project]</ref>

[http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/industry-groups-bid-control-new-bank-and-insurance-tlds-053112 Industry Groups Bid To Control New .Bank And .Insurance TLDs]</ref>  Verisign has been chosen as their back-end registry solutions provider. <ref>[http://domainincite.com/archives/4107-verisign-now-front-runner-for-bank VeriSign now front-runner for .bank]</ref> [[Craig Schwartz]], former chief gTLD registry liaison of ICANN was also hired by ABA and BITs to serve as general manager of the .bank registry. <ref>[http://domainincite.com/archives/4999-senior-icann-staffer-hired-by-bank-project Senior ICANN staffer hired by .bank project]</ref>

'''They applied under the name [[fTLD Registry Services LLC]].'''<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus ViewStatus, gTLDresult.ICANN.org]</ref>

'''They applied under the name [[fTLD Registry Services LLC]]. Both applications are [[Community TLD|community priority applications]].'''<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus ViewStatus, gTLDresult.ICANN.org]</ref>

==Membership==

==Membership==