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Is .bank safe? The state of .bank domain security
.bank is safer than the internet average. Across 4,482 graded .bank domains, 55.4% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 27.4% earn a B or better. Most .bank domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
Of 4,482 graded .bank domains, 55.4% earn an F — well below the 78.3% internet-wide average. 9.1% of .bank domains achieve an A or A+ — the highest protection tier.
How do .bank domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .bank domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 88 | 2% |
| A | 318 | 7.1% |
| B | 824 | 18.4% |
| C | 610 | 13.6% |
| D | 160 | 3.6% |
| F | 2,482 | 55.4% |
Does .bank make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .bank doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .bank domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .bank safe?
On average, .bank is safer than the internet average: 55.4% of its 4,482 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .bank domains?
44.6% of .bank domains score above an F and 27.4% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .bank make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .bank too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .bank domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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