Jul 02 2017
Prevalence of EV Certs in Canadian Banks
A separate mini-study was done using the websites from the five major Canadian banks to see how many offered EV certificates to their customers. These included: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), Bank of Montreal (BMO), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
In September 2016, only 1/5 of the major banks had an EVC, and it was only evident on the login page (not sooner). As of February 2017, 3/5 banks have EVC on their websites, as seen in the table below.
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Before October 2016 | After October 2016 | ||
| Bank | Homepage | Login | Homepage | Login |
| RBC | None | DV | None | OV |
| TD | DV | DV | EV | EV |
| Scotiabank | None | N/A | None | EV |
| BMO | OV | EV | EV | EV |
| CIBC | OV | OV | OV | OV |
EVC prevalence among major Canadian banks
We show the situation for both landing and login pages, because we feel that users may find it odd that a landing does not provide identity (and can thus be labeled “insecure”) should link to a login that does provide identity (i.e. would they trust the link?).