ID Protection: Money Management, Credit Scores & Better Checking

Take the first steps to ensure your identity is secure: stay on top of your finances and pay attention to your credit score. Budgeting, reviewing your credit report, and signing up for identity protection and monitoring will give you peace of mind.

In this episode, we chat with Better Checking guru, Jen, about the easy ways to safeguard your identity from the many threats it faces. She provides tips on what she does to make sure she is in control of her identity and talks about the tools she uses to stay financially secure.

 

Important notes:

• Paying attention to your budget is a great first step in keeping a close eye on your financial identity.
• Keep track of your spending and set financial goals using the free Money Management personal finance tool within your Online Banking.
• Register and sign up for alerts through your Better Checking account to make sure your identity is being monitored for suspicious activity.
• Check your credit score and report every 90 days by logging into the IDProtect website.
• Learn more about identity theft in our other episode titled Child Identity Theft and Ways to Avoid It and get identity protection tips from our blog article.
• View the episode transcript.

 

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