COMBAT CREDIT CARD FRAUD THIS HOLIDAY! TIPS FROM CHARLOTTE STALLINGS

Tips and tricks on how to keep your credit card info safe using location services

The holiday season brings with it an uptick in shopping, and consequently, an uptick for cases of fraud. Online card fraud has nearly doubled between 2014 and 2018. Fortunately, we have financial expert Charlotte Stallings, author of, “I Wish Someone Had Told Me,” who can address how to protect yourself around the vulnerable holiday season. Her book is especially relevant as we head into the holiday buying season, when your viewers and listeners will be thankful to have this renowned expert tell them important tips for protecting identity and credit. Stallings has also teamed up with U.S. Bank to explain how combining geolocation with mobile phone technology can reduce credit card theft and prevent credit disruption.

During the holiday season, consumers frequently make large purchases outside of known locations when traveling. By matching the location in these circumstances, a new U.S. Bank app can help ensure that transactions on customers’ cards are approved, minimizing disruptions and further reducing the risk of fraud. This easy-to-use mobile app automatically provides consumers with an added layer of convenience and protection.

LEARN ‘SOME THINGS I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME’, INCLUDING:
How mobile tech can keep financial information at your finger tips
Important ways to protect your identity
Why consumers are more vulnerable this year than in the past
Important strategies for managing holiday spending debt
Data breach! Is your credit card that is at risk?
breaches up from 35 to 44% percent just last year….
More card fraud – online fraud losses almost doubled between 2014 and 2018

BACKGROUND: As a former VP of Investment Strategies at Ameriprise Financial, Stallings developed a national initiative to provide investment and financial planning advice geared specifically to women. She has appearance on CNN and other national and media outlets, including as a weekly in-studio guest on the ‘Your Money’ segment for a Houston TV affiliate. Charlotte gained expertise sales, marketing, business and leadership from her years at US Bank, Xerox and more than
20 years at American Express.

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