About TLD .bank

Type: Generic

Status: Taking registrations for GA

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must fall under one of the follow categories to qualify for a .BANK domain.

1. State, regional and provincial retail banks that are chartered and supervised by the relevant Government Regulatory Authority
2. Savings associations that are chartered and supervised by the relevant Government Regulatory Authority
3. National retail banks that are chartered and supervised by the relevant Government Regulatory Authority
4. Associations whose members are primarily comprised of entities identified above in 1, 2 or 3
5. Government Regulatory Authorities of chartered and supervised retail banks or savings associations or organizations whose members are primarily comprised of such relevant Government Regulatory Authorities (if approved by the Registry Operator Board)
6. Other Regulated entities supervised by the relevant Government Regulatory Authority (if approved by the Registry Operator Board)
7. Retail bank and savings association holding and parent companies supervised by the relevant Government Regulatory Authority

General remarks

Name Selection Policy

.BANK domains must comply with the following: 

1. Standard Name Requirements – Domain must:
   1. correspond to a trademark, trade name or service mark of the business or organization;
   2. not be a Reserved Name; and
   3. not be likely to deceive or cause material detriment to a significant portion of the insurance and/or financial services communities, its customers or Internet user
2. Registry Operator Reserved Names and ICANN Reserved Names – The domain names in these two classes will be incorporated into the Registry Operator’s Name Allocation Policy.
3. Reserved Names are not available for registration.

Registration Documentation
As part of the registration process, applicants will be required to provide certain information to the registry operator to verify their eligibility to register a .BANK domain name. This information may include, but is not limited to: Full legal name, business name, business address, business phone, business email, another proof of identity to establish that the Applicant is an eligible member of the banking community (e.g. business license, certificate of formation, charter documents), or the assigned regulatory ID and government regulatory authority issuing the charter or license.

Verification

To register a new .bank domain, please follow the following steps:

1. Complete the pre-verification with fTLD Registry Services here https://www.register.bank/get-started/ 
2. Once you are verified, you will receive an email from fTLD that you are approved to proceed and Lexsynergy will submit the registration for you.

This verification will be performed at the time of initial registration then annually. During the verification process, fTLD Registry Services will verify the following:

1. Organization, Jurisdiction and Banking Credentials – the registrant must be a registered and active organization in a jurisdiction appropriate to its business location and has valid credentials proving that it meets the requirements of the eligibility policy.
2. Domain Name Selection – the applied-for domain name must meet the requirements of the .BANK Name Selection Policy.
3. Physical Address – the address on the application must be verified as a valid address using approved databases
4. Telephone Number – the telephone number on the application must be verified using approved databases
5. Registrant Contact Employment and Authority – fTLD will email the registrant's human resources (or appropriate department) and ask them to verify that the registrant is a full-time/non-contracting employee to the organization and has the authority to request domains on behalf of the organization.