Document Shredding for the Financial Industry

Securely Dispose of Your Confidential Documents
with Our Secured Shredding Solutions

KnightHorst is dedicated to safeguarding confidential information for financial businesses like banks, credit unions, and investment firms.

We offer both one-time and scheduled shredding services, ensuring compliance with industry regulations. Regular shredding helps prevent fraud, identity theft, and data breaches. The company provides secure collection containers for safely storing documents before shredding. They also help financial institutions comply with privacy laws such as GLBA and FACTA, which mandate the protection of sensitive data. Documents like bank statements, canceled checks, and financial records should always be shredded to maintain privacy and security.

Why should financial institutions shred documents?

Shredding is an essential way to safeguard sensitive information. It ensures that personal and confidential data are securely destroyed, reducing the risk of identity theft, fraud, and other security breaches. Properly disposing of such documents not only protects customer information but also helps maintain the security and integrity of the institution itself. Shredding is a key practice in upholding compliance with data protection regulations and preventing unauthorized access to financial data.

One-Time Shredding

One-time shredding offers a highly effective solution for safeguarding confidential information and is essential for meeting industry compliance standards. This service allows businesses to shred all their documents in a single session, eliminating concerns over costs and inconvenience. Consequently, one-time shredding proves to be a convenient and economical choice for companies in the financial sector.

Scheduled Shredding

Scheduled shredding is an essential service for businesses in the financial industry. By shredding documents regularly, companies can protect themselves and their customers from various risks. We provide containers and shred carts to our regularly scheduled customers to ensure all paper documents are stored safely while waiting to be shredded.

Compliance

Financial institutions are responsible for protecting their customers’ data, ensuring that all sensitive documents are shredded and destroyed. Not only is this the right thing to do, but it is also required by law. Financial industries must comply with privacy legislation. Banks and other financial businesses are governed by laws such as Gramm-Leach-Bailey Act (GLBA) and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA) in the USA. These laws are what help protect your client’s privacy and information. There may be severe repercussions if these conditions are not met. With the rise of cyber attacks and identity theft, financial institutions have a crucial role in safeguarding their customers’ sensitive information.

One of the most fundamental steps in data protection is ensuring that all sensitive documents are properly disposed of. This means shredding or destroying any physical documents that may contain personal or financial information. Failure to do so not only puts customers at risk but also violates privacy laws.

How Does the Process Work?

We provide secure, locked shredding bins and consoles for easy and safe document disposal at your workplace. These containers are strategically placed for maximum convenience while ensuring that your sensitive documents remain secure.

After each service, you’ll receive a Certificate of Destruction, which verifies that your documents have been securely and legally destroyed. This certificate is crucial for maintaining compliance with industry regulations. Our process is efficient and minimally disruptive, allowing you to focus on your core business activities.

We Offer Regularly Scheduled Document Shredding

Our team of trained professionals is equipped with state-of-the-art shredding technology to securely and efficiently destroy your confidential documents on a recurring schedule. We can either come to your office, warehouse, or any other location of your choice to destroy your files with one of our powerful paper destruction trucks or collect your documents in our security bins and transport them to our secure facility and shred them there.

What Documents Should Be Shredded?

Individuals and business should shred any of the following items they no longer need:

Credit and charge card bills, carbon copies, summaries, and receipts

Credit reports and histories

Credit Cards (Expired)

Documents containing names, addresses, phone numbers, or e-mail addresses

Documents relating to investments

Documents containing passwords or PINs

Drafted Documents

Investment, stock, and property transactions

All Discarded Copier

Copies

ATM receipts

Bank statements

Canceled and voided checks

Don’t let old documents clutter your workspace or put your business at risk. Contact KnightHorst today to schedule your scheduled shredding service. Our team is ready to provide you with a secure, efficient, and environmentally-friendly solution for all your document destruction needs.

Start Protecting Your Business Today

Don’t leave your sensitive documents vulnerable to breaches or non-compliance. KnightHorst’s Scheduled Shredding Services provide a secure, reliable solution to manage your document destruction needs on a consistent basis. Contact us today to create a shredding plan that’s tailored to your business.

KnightHorst Shredding is NAID AAA Certified

i-SIGMA is the standards-setting body for the information destruction industry. NAID AAA Certification verifies the qualifications of certified information destruction providers through a comprehensive scheduled and unannounced audit program.

At KnightHorst, we’re committed to sustainability, which is why we recycle 100% of the materials we shred.

All shredded documents are sent for recycling and eventually transformed into various paper products, playing a vital role in environmental conservation. By recycling every bit of shredded material, we help reduce the need for tree harvesting and prevent recyclable paper from ending up in landfills.