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Agreed on debit cards. Another way to vet charges is to use something that notifies your phone whenever you make a purchase. Simple bank does this, maybe others
by serve_yay 12y ago
Agreed on debit cards. Another way to vet charges is to use something that notifies your phone whenever you make a purchase. Simple bank does this, maybe others too.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoBump for Simple. Anytime an auth occurs, I get a push notification on my phone. Its so simple from a UX standpoint, not sure why other financial services firms (Discover, Amex, etc) don't push something like it out.
- MarkSweep 12y agoThe Amex app on iPhone sends push notifications for changes.
- heywire 12y agoChase also supports this via SMS, email, or push notification.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoThanks! I was unaware of this feature!
- rickyc091 12y agoI can confirm that Amex has this. If you login on the website, you can also get emails / text for each transaction, set thresholds, etc. I've been using this feature for a while now. They also send you weekly statements on your transactions and how much your account has changed from the previous week, etc.
- rogerhoward 12y agoAs others pointed out, AMEX has supported this for a while - I get texted almost instantly with any transactions on my card. I believe their mobile app also supports notifications, but I prefer SMS for this. I only wish my bank (Wells Fargo) supported SMS alerts for transactions - if there's one thing I don't mind getting frequent notifications about, it would be this.