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How to Avoid Financial Identity Theft
What measures do you take to protect your identity? More than 8.1 million people’s identities are stolen each year. In 2010 alone, $37 billion was reported in losses. But how do criminals access your...
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Safe Online Shopping Tips
Fifty-seven percent of us make online purchases each week. But 74 percent of us have some concern and fear about online shopping fraud, according to a recent study of mobile payments and online...
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Protect Yourself from ACH Fraud
The Indiana Banker’s Association has recently notified Horizon Bank that many schools and municipalities have been victims of Automatic Clearinghouse (ACH) fraud in the past couple months, attacked by...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Phishing Scams
The number of reported phishing scams has increased nationwide, according to the American Banker’s Association (ABA). Perpetrators are using phone calls, texts and emails to trick banking customers...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Phishing Scams
Phishing scams appear in a variety of forms, but the most common are fraudulent emails, according to Chandra Ostrander, compliance and security officer at Horizon Bank. “In the past six months, we’ve...
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Is Your Business or Organization at Risk for Fraud?
Fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, structuring … these terms are every business owner’s (and directorial board’s) nightmare. Media headlines of this type are popping up regularly, causing many...
View ArticleWhat to Do If You’ve Lost Your Wallet
You’ve looked everywhere, called the places you’ve recently visited, and asked friends to check their cars or houses. It’s nowhere to be found. Now what? Losing your wallet or purse is one of life’s...
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$100 bill gets a new look
Know Its Features. Know It’s Real. In order to keep counterfeiting low, the U.S. government continues to enhance the security of its currency. This October a new $100 bill begins circulating. It...
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Watch out for debt consolidation fraud
Getting out of debt is an important goal for many people. Debt consolidation on can help individuals by simplifying their payments to avoid missing payments and possibly offering lower interest rates...
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Don’t fall victim to check fraud
There’s good news and bad news about check fraud. First, the good news: The incidence of check fraud has slowed and the percentage of companies that experienced check fraud in 2012 reached its lowest...
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7 tips for protecting your credit and debit cards from fraud
After the Target credit and debit card breach this past winter, as well as breaches at other major retailers and hotels, consumers were reminded to be vigilant with their credit and debit card...
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ATM Safety Tips
Protecting Your ATM Card Always protect your ATM card and keep it in a safe place, just like you would cash, credit cards or checks. Do not leave your ATM card lying around the house or on your desk...
View ArticleProtecting Your Identity
Identity theft continues to be one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. In the U.S., 12.6 million people – or 1 out of every 20 consumers – were victims of identity fraud last year. ABA...
View ArticleProtecting Your Mobile Device
Your mobile device provides convenient access to your email, bank and social media accounts. Unfortunately, it can potentially provide the same convenient access for criminals. The American Bankers...
View ArticleProtecting Yourself Online
Though the internet has many advantages, it can also make users vulnerable to fraud, identity theft and other scams. According to a Norton Cybercrime Report, 556 million adults worldwide were victims...
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