Online payments are popular in today's world. We can't imagine anymore that we do all our payments with cash money. The Internet and the easy of online changed our habit of payments with cash money totally. Online payments took place in our daily life.

Everyone knows that it is necessary to ensure your online payments to protect you against several problems. Hackers try always to get some information about your credit cards or passwords which people need for payments online.
It is very important that you take the necessary steps before you start with payments online.

1) Safety of your computer :
- Install antivirus software and keep it up to date; your antivirus program will be updated daily because more than 250 viruses are detected daily. It is necessary that you scan regularly all your files.
- Install anti-spyware software; check at least once a week if there are no upgrades available and scan all your files.
- Install a firewall; this kind of software will block your connection immediately if some information which can be dangerous wants to slip in your system.
- Make sure that you have the most recent updates of your operating system

2) For payments online you will use normally the website of your bank and you can find there mostly the necessary tips to avoid Internet fraud. Every safe connection will have https:// at the beginning of the Internet address and a padlock symbol. Don't trust emails which ask for your password, your pincode or some other personal information. A bank will never send an email to ask for such information and don't click on a link in these kinds of emails ; they try often to get some personal information to do payments online from your bank account. These emails can be considered as scam and also people who use paypal receive often such emails.

3) Don't use a public computer for your payments online! You will never know if some spyware is running there and if you should use it change your passwords immediately.It is recommended to change your passwords regularly. Identity theft is a great risk and we need to take all the necessary actions to avoid this.

4) Don't store passwords which you need for online payments on your computer. Hackers will always try to find them and to rob your bank account. Try to remember them and don't use passwords which can easily be found; make a combination of letters and numbers. It is best that you store your password in a place where nobody can find it like a safe or another place which is locked with a key in case you shouldn't remember your password anymore.

Our payment processor is the Banco de Andalucia, and you will only give your credit cards details straight to them.

Payment processing secured by:
Part of the Grupo Banco Popular de España.