Or, if we need a comparison, how many mainstream banks have whois guard on their domains.
I did a quick check of some well-known national banks:
Registrant:
Bank of America (DOM-1661276)
1201 Main Street TX1-609-12-15 Dallas TX 75202 US
Domain Name: bankofamerica.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage:
http://www.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact:
Domain Admin (NIC-14308786) Bank of America
1201 Main Street TX1-609-12-15 Dallas TX 75202 US
[email protected] +1.4692018544 Fax- +1.4692018308
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Host Master (NIC-1535660) Bank of America
2000 Clayton Rd. CA4-704-04-21 Concord CA 94520 US
[email protected] +1.9256928812 Fax- +1.9256754905
Created on..............: 1998-Dec-27.
Expires on..............: 2012-Dec-27.
Record last updated on..: 2007-Aug-26 12:10:20.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.BANKOFAMERICA.COM
NS3.BANKOFAMERICA.COM
NS4.BANKOFAMERICA.COM
Registrant:
NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION
4100 West 150th
Attn Joseph Wright
CLEVELAND, OH 44122
US
Domain Name: NATIONALCITY.COM
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Administrative Contact:
Wright, Joseph
[email protected]
National City Corporation
1900 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
US
216-257-7839 fax: 216-257-7854
Technical Contact:
Sumner, Jeff
[email protected]
National City Bank
4100 West 150th
Cleveland, OH 44122
US
+1216-257-7891
Record expires on 24-Aug-2016.
Record created on 25-Aug-1995.
Database last updated on 28-Dec-2007 07:35:02 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
DNS01.NATIONAL-CITY.COM 161.150.129.253
DNS02.NATIONAL-CITY.COM 161.150.129.252
DNS03.NATIONALCITY.COM 161.150.197.252
Registrant:
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (DOM-1444222)
201 North Walnut Street Mail Suite DE1-0175
Wilmington DE 19801
US
Domain Name: chase.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage:
http://www.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact:
Domain Administrator (NIC-14460179) JPMorgan Chase & Co.
201 North Walnut Street Mail Suite DE1-0175
Wilmington DE 19801
US
[email protected]
+1.3022821773
Fax- +1.3022821660
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Domain Administrator (NIC-14460179) JPMorgan Chase & Co.
201 North Walnut Street Mail Suite DE1-0175
Wilmington DE 19801
US
[email protected]
+1.3022821773
Fax- +1.3022821660
Created on..............: 1995-Oct-11.
Expires on..............: 2008-Oct-10.
Record last updated on..: 2006-Dec-29 23:43:41.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.JPMORGANCHASE.COM
NS2.JPMORGANCHASE.COM
NS05.JPMORGANCHASE.COM
NS06.JPMORGANCHASE.COM
Registrant:
Wells Fargo & Company
(DOM-304416)
420 Montgomery St
San Francisco
CA
94104
US
Domain Name: wellsfargo.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage:
http://www.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact:
Bill Richter
(NIC-1468956)
Wells Fargo & Company
201 N. Sunrise Ave.
MAC A0701-022
Roseville
CA
95661
US
[email protected]
+1.4158083158
Fax- -
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
William Martin
(NIC-1594502)
Wells Fargo & Company
201 N. Sunrise Ave.
MAC A0701-022
Roseville
CA
95661
US
[email protected]
+1.4158083158
Fax- -
Created on..............: 1993-Apr-28.
Expires on..............: 2013-Apr-29.
Record last updated on..: 2007-Jan-19 15:38:43.
Domain servers in listed order:
NSF.WELLSFARGO.COM
NSG.WELLSFARGO.COM
NSH.WELLSFARGO.COM
Hmm, not really a widespread industry practice in the financial industry... now what might I be missing here?