You will need an Internet Service Provider, a modem (14.4 baud or higher is recommended), and in order to protect your information, you must use a browser that supports 128-bit encryption, such as Netscape Navigator 6.2 or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.0. If you are not using a recent version of Navigator or Explorer you may wish to obtain a free download of either one now. Click the browser below that you want to download and follow the instructions. 

    

We use the latest Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptography. This means that each and every time your account information is transmitted between our computers and yours, it is automatically encrypted (scrambled) to keep the transmission private and confidential. Interception of data is prevented by user authentication and eavesdropping is prevented by data encryption. Once inside the secure server, a second proprietary system is used for password protection to prevent unauthorized access.

FirstLink Online Business Banking will require you to enter a User ID as well as a Password. You should never distribute either of these codes unless you want someone else to have access to your account. Treat this User ID and Password as you would your PIN for ATM access. We strongly urge you to never write it down; memorize it! In addition, your Internet service provider must support Secured Sockets Layers (SSL) technology and you must use a secure Web browser. You should take appropriate precautions to keep your computer clean and free from viruses that could be used to capture Password keystrokes.

We have taken significant measures to help ensure that your personal information remains confidential and secure within our Bank. We use state-of-the-art network, data, and physical security practices to protect your data to the best of our ability.

We make every effort to ensure that your information is protected. We use current industry standard encryption and employ SSL encryption to insure that information passed between our site and your browser is secure.

All servers involved in gathering, storing, and providing the data to you are operated in a secure data center that has restricted access to authorized personnel only. Our data center is monitored 24 hours per day and only certified employees are permitted on premises through the use of a picture ID and electronic access. A record is kept of all personnel who have entered the secure data center.

Access to servers requires multiple levels of authentication and sensitive data including your access credentials and account numbers are always stored in encrypted format at all times.

Our employees are made aware of our security policy's procedures and practices through their acceptance on a yearly basis that they have carefully reviewed and abide by it.

All external access to our internal network must go through firewalls. Additional firewalls are used to secure access to the application and database from internal sites within our institution. Our firewalls are regularly tested to insure that they are able to protect your personal information from unauthorized external and internal access.

We use an Intrusion detection system to continuously monitor unauthorized attempts to access our site.

We use SSL to securely encrypt and protect all communications between your browser and our web servers.

We store all access credentials in an encrypted format on a secure data warehouse. Only a few authorized individuals have access to the data warehouse and no one except you can ever see the access credentials that you have provided.

We require all users to provide ID's and passwords using both alpha and numeric characters to prevent easy guessing of passwords by unauthorized individuals. If you ever lose or forget your password, we allow you to reset it by first accessing a token sent only to your email address on record and then providing the answer to your secret question or by calling your branch and having them reset your password.

If you have any questions about our security procedures you can contact us via email at customerservice@fnbli.com or by phone at 516-671-4900 or 212-566-1500. Be sure to provide your name, contact information, and clearly state the question. We will make every effort to answer your questions.

1. From the online banking account history screen, click on the "Download History" button. This will bring up a screen where you can select a range of dates from which to download.
2. Select a range of dates from which to download.
3. After selecting the dates, click on "Download". This will bring up a box that says you have started to download a file of type text/qif.
4. Click on "Save File". Once youve done this, you can now go into Quicken/Quickbooks or Microsoft Money and import the file.

1. Steps (1) and (2) are the same as above.
2. Click on "Download". This will bring up a box, which will ask you what you would like to do with the file.
3. Click on "Save file to disk". As an example, make sure the default file name is "SOMETHING.qif".
4. Click on "OK" to begin the download.
5.  Once youve done this, you can now go into Quicken/Quickbooks or Microsoft Money and import the file.

No, the two will not reconcile. It is recommended that you begin with a blank Quicken  or Microsoft Money checking account statement, with the appropriate corresponding beginning balance, and download your First National Bank of Long Island information daily or weekly. This will give you the capability of then using the Quicken or Money management tools.