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Problems accessing an online banking site

The most common problem with secure sites, such as on-line banks and stock brokers, is the fact that many webmasters write and optimize their pages specifically for Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, not taking other browsers into account.

Sometimes, bank sites also use non-standard JavaScript or JavaScript that Opera does not support.

You can try to contact the site in question and ask them to include Opera to their list of supported browsers.

Why Open the Web?

The technology that offers the highest possible security, 128-bit encryption, is fully supported by Opera. For more information on security in Opera, please see this page:

www.opera.com/support/service/security

Some online banks use a Java applet for the secure log-in process. If you do not have Java installed, or if Java does not work correctly, logging in to the online bank may not work. If you have problems with Java, the following articles may help:

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