According to a study by Trusteer, a security firm, 73% of internet users use the same password for online banking and other sites. This is not a good idea.
If you use the same password to access multiple accounts, so can an identity thief. I recommend generating long, complex random passwords for your bank accounts, and keep track of them using KeePass, a free password safe. Use a unique password for KeePass–for example, a long sentence in which you replace all the As with @s and all the Os with 0.
Study: 73% use bank password everywhere | The Red Tape Chronicles
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If anyone is looking for a mac native alternative, 1password is really high quality and mature. However, it is $35.
I use lastpass (free), which is the only password manager that I could find which integrates with Chrome for Windows. So far, I’m not impressed. It is not as easy to use as 1password. For instance, there is no hot key to hit when you want your username/password filled in for you, which was a 1password feature that I loved.
KeePassX is available for Mac, and also free.