When logging into online banking, you will be shown the prompt below, which will give you the option to save your device. Once you have made a choice, you will be able to continue logging in without having to complete any additional security checks.

Once the transition phase has come to an end, i.e. from mid-July, you will be required to verify your identity by additional means when logging in. Until this time, you will not be required to pass an additional security check to log in even if you did not save your device.

In future, when logging in, you can choose to save the device you are using so that you will not have to pass an extra security check in future when logging in from this device.

After clicking [Continue], the application will check whether the device is already known and has been saved. In this scenario, the device has not yet been saved. Next, the input field for entering your online banking PIN will come up. There will also be a button (toggle switch) you can use to save the device if it has been recognised.

In future, you will also be able to see that you are logging in from a recognised device when logging in.

Our website will memorise the device or browser from which you log into online banking during the log-in process. This applies regardless of whether you are using a computer, notebook, tablet or smartphone.

Each time you log in after that, our website will automatically check whether it recognises your device or browser.

In future, you will only be able to log into online banking after passing two security checks. This will make online banking safer and is the same as the additional TAN or S-pushTAN app verifications already needed to make transfers.

It is called two-factor authentication, significantly increases online security and is currently the gold standard for protecting access to accounts.

Device recognition is a method that was developed in order to make two-factor authentication easier. When logging in from a trusted (known) device, you will be able to continue logging in – just as before – after passing just one additional security check, which is entering your PIN.

No, device recognition is not compulsory, but we would recommend it. If you do not opt for device recognition, you will have to pass two security checks every time you log in. This means you will have to enter your PIN and a TAN or verify your identity through the S-pushTAN app.

This is most probably because you have deactivated cookies in your browser, which can be easily remedied by activating them. Some browsers are configured to automatically delete all cookies when they are closed.

Sometimes, your cookies may also be deleted by anti-virus software or a browser plugin you may be using. Please make sure that it is possible to use cookies on your device for online banking if you want to use device recognition.

You may be required to pass an additional security check by entering a TAN or verifying your identity through the S-pushTAN app when logging into online banking in the following cases:

• Saving a device as trusted does not remove the need to regularly verify your identity for online banking as legally required under the EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2). This is why you will still be required to verify your identity again every now and then by entering a TAN or through the S-pushTAN app in future.
  
• If you are using a new device that you have never used before (e.g. new notebook, tablet or smartphone) or a new browser.
  
• You have configured your browser to delete cookies every time it is closed.
  
• You are using a private browsing mode on your browser.
  
• You are using additional software, firewalls or browser plug-ins that block certain browser functions.
  
• With some virus scanners (e.g. Kaspersky), it may also be necessary to define corresponding exceptions.
  
• If you do not use device recognition, you will always have to verify your identity by entering a TAN or on the S-pushTAN app in addition to your user name and PIN every time you log in.
  

There is currently no limit on the number of devices you can save.

You can manage the devices you have saved as trusted in online banking under “Security and TANs”.

Yes, they are free.