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| Introduced | November 26, 2014 (root zone) January 5, 2015 (delegated) |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Sponsored top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | fTLD Registry Services |
| Sponsor | Bank Policy Institute American Bankers Association |
| Registration restrictions | Reserved for those in the banking sector; domain names must correspond to organization’s legal name or branding |
| Documents | Policies |
| Registry website | register |
.bank is a sponsored top-level domain used in the Domain Name System of the internet. The TLD was officially delegated to fTLD Registry Services on behalf of the Financial Services Roundtable and American Bankers Association on January 5, 2015.[1]
The top-level domain was approved by ICANN in September 2014, but only became available to qualifying institutions the following year in May 2015.[2] The .bank TLD has been included in the HSTS preload-list; as a result, popular web browsers will only connect to a .bank webpage using HTTPS.
- ^ "Delegation Report for .bank". IANA. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ "Considerations for Banks Thinking About Migrating to a Dot-Bank Domain Name". Community Banking Connections. 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2022.