Women who have received threatening and abusive e-transfers from their former partners say Canadian banks need to step up and do more to prevent the misuse of their banking applications.
Just before Angie Sweeney's ex shot and killed her in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., last October, he sent her several banking e-transfers, including one for one cent that included an abusive message. Experts say technology-based abuse is a growing threat because some abusers will go to any length to contact victims.