Learn to spot fraud
See it coming
Scammers have their playbook. We’ve put together yours. Learn to spot the red flags, recognise common attempts and keep impostors guessing.
Security,
built in
You can stay one step ahead of scammers. We’ve made sure you don’t have to do it alone. Explore the tools and features we have designed to keep your account, assets and cash safe.
Security features at a glance
Making you a harder target
Emergency lock
Your go-to if you think you’ve been targeted: instantly block access to your account, card payments, withdrawals, transfers, debits, and most trading functions.
Two-factor authentication
The direct counter to phishing’s heavy reliance on password theft: confirm your login and payments from your smartphone with Mobile Level 3.
Payment limits
Set limits for cards, payments and TWINT, block selected transaction types and adjust your settings whenever you need.
Email verification badge
Verify we’re the legitimate sender. A blue verification seal appears next to our address, so you can tell it’s really us, not an impostor in our inbox.
Emergency Lock feature
Login blocked
Prevent all new logins to your account until the lock is removed.
Card disabled
Make your card payments and withdrawals immediately unavailable.
Transactions paused
Suspend your outgoing transfers, direct debits and payments.
Trading suspended
Including securities, crypto and currency exchange transactions. CFXD, 3a Easy and Invest Easy are excluded.
Something doesn’t look right? Use Emergency Lock to instantly freeze your account's essential functions and take control right away.
How to enable Emergency Lock
Put your account on lockdown
Two-factor authentication
Mobile Level 3
Your password isn't the only key to your account. Whenever you log in or make a payment, we send a unique one-time code to your smartphone, making life harder for phishers and password thieves.
Payment limits
You set the boundaries. Scammers hit the wall: control your card, payment and TWINT spending, block selected transactions and change your settings anytime.
Email verification badge
Our emails display a blue verification badge that appears next to our address. When you see this badge, it confirms that the message is indeed from Swissquote.
