Local bank customers warned of scam

The Hawaii Bankers Association is warning state residents to beware of a recent surge of fraudulent telemarketing calls.

Several bank customers have notified their financial institution that they have received suspicious telephone calls from individuals representing themselves as bank officials. The caller indicates that the customer’s card has been deactivated. To reactivate the card, the caller requests card account and security information, claiming the information is necessary to validate the customer. The association is advising bank customers that a bank official will never call to request account information by telephone, text message or email.

ON THE MOVE

The Hawaii Employers Council has announced Lori Fukumae as its new director of membership development. She was previously serving as an account executive and major accounts representative at Ceridian for 13 years as well as an account executive for Olsten Staffing Services.

Hawaiian Electric Co. has promoted Susan Arinaga Li to the position of senior vice president, general counsel, from vice president, general counsel as of 2007. In her new role, Li will also serve as the company’s chief compliance officer and corporate secretary. Li started at Hawaiian Electric as an associate general counsel in 1990 as well as manager of the legal department in 1998.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii has announced Sarah Tenney as the sales and marketing team as manager of Kaiser’s Permanente Individuals and Families line of business. Tenney was previously vice president of marketing and communications and fund development for Goodwill Industries of Hawaii.

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