BDO Online implements One-Time Password via SMS

Earlier this week, BDO implemented a two-factor authentication with their online banking service. Aside from the personal password, BDO is also sending a one-time password (OTP) which customers use to be able to login to the online banking service.

This implementation is very similar to what GMail is offering with their 2-step verification process.

BDO has only introduced it this week and all customers have the option to enable this in their account profile. This means that aside from your usual personal password, another password is sent to you within minutes of the initial login.

The password automatically expires after 10 minutes so you will need to re-authenticate after that period. This security measure prevents incidents of password hacking or phishing and provides another layer or protection so we welcome this step from BDO.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

19 Responses

  1. Avatar for Beejay Beejay says:

    It’s been implemented in middle East since long time and proven to be safe, since sim registration is also implemented. Bdo and other Philippine bank are bit too late in this feature.

  2. Avatar for jasper legaspi jasper legaspi says:

    sobrang delayed yung OTP! expired na bago dumating yung password! grrrrr naubos oras ko kaka ulit then ganun ulit mangyyari

  3. Avatar for MARCO MARCO says:

    sir ask lang, by default po ba ung Enable SMS Notifcation ay uncheck?Need pa ba icheck ito para makareceived? thanks.

  4. Avatar for anabel anabel says:

    super delayed na nga ung mga code, ayaw din gumana ng challenge question. super annoying talga. halos tumalbog yung cheque.

  5. Avatar for Enya Enya says:

    Super duper delayed. Smart user. Muntik na kong maputukan ng tseke kanina! Tsk tsk tsk…will be disabling later.

  6. Avatar for she_ina83 she_ina83 says:

    Sir Abe, baka dapat i-blur mo ung mobile number mo sa pic.. mahirap nang iexpose yan sa web, baka kung saan pa gamitin ng kung sinu-sino

  7. Avatar for AA AA says:

    Malamang kasalanan na ng networks yung delayed SMS nyan. Buti may challenge question

  8. Avatar for BEEDEEOH BEEDEEOH says:

    ..though twice na nangyari sa akin delayed yung SMS nila, yung kagabi kong open ngaung umaga ko lang narcv yung password. pero meron hyperlink sa baba yung challenge question, yan na lang ginagamit ko mas mabilis pa :)

  9. Avatar for TxtDelayed TxtDelayed says:

    Text messages were delayed (I’m a Smart postpaid subscriber). Expired na yung password bago mo pa magamit.

    Good thing there is Challenge Question option.

  10. Avatar for TxtDelayed TxtDelayed says:

    Text messages were delayed (I’m Smart postpaid subscriber). Expired na yung password bago mo pa magamit.

    Good thing there is Challenge Question option.

  11. Avatar for Benchmark Benchmark says:

    It was already implemented in Citibank online dati pa. And for me, medyo kampante na din ako kasi I know nobody is checking on my citibank…yun lang kung may clone yung sim ko.

  12. Avatar for thecorrescode thecorrescode says:

    Mas oks na yan kaysa sa bulok na online system ng Metrobank.

  13. Avatar for Techjunkeez Techjunkeez says:

    Found this a bit annoying but useful.

  14. Avatar for myk myk says:

    Tried with my local number here in KSA and I got the one time password..

  15. Avatar for Freeje Freeje says:

    This means you can’t use this service while you’re out of the country unless you got roaming.

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