Will YOUR work ban WhatsApp next? As NatWest stops staff from using the messaging system in an effort to meet compliance rules, could other financial firms soon follow suit
Daily MailOne of Britain's biggest banks has blocked its staff from using Whatsapp, Skype and Facebook at work leading to questions over whether other firms will soon follow suit. NatWest has taken action in an effort to stick to rules over workers' use of unauthorised electric messaging as well as avoid hefty fines. It comes after the issue reached boiling point three years ago when two American financial regulators began fining firms over record-keeping rules being breached as company staff were sending messages that could not be recovered. NatWest has taken action in an effort to stick to rules over workers' use of unauthorised electric messaging as well as to avoid hefty fines Fines issued for banks in the United States have totalled more than $2.5 billion with much of it relating to unauthorised use of WhatsApp NatWest has decided - as of November 6 - that the solution is to block employees from using these apps entirely for work business.
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