Our favorite credit card has a new number. Ugh! We’ve had this card for years, since it deposits 2% into our kids’ 529 plans [1]. In fact, we even have the card number memorized!
We were notified that millions of MasterCard holders account numbers were compromised last week and issued a new card. Sure, no big deal. Unless that is the card that all of your services auto bill (Vonage [2], Satellite, Amazon back up data [3], etc.)
Do yourself a favor! Keep a list of all your auto payments and the credit card that they bill. While it’s easy to come up with the list for the monthly bills, it’s harder to remember some of the yearly bills that automatically get charged to your credit card.
Ironically, Credit Check Total [4] sent us a notification of “Potentially Negative Information” appearing on our credit report. The cause: Lost or Stolen Card. It’s amazing that anyone could view that as negative when it was MasterCard who had the problem. However, our scores did not change.
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Investing
- 1929 Stock Market Cycle: Are Technical Indicators, Stock Trends Repeating History? [7]
- Investing for the Long Term – Historic Market Data [8]
- Dollar Cost Averaging Amid Downturn [9]
Debt
- Borrowing From Relatives And Getting Out Of Debt [10]
- Paying Off Debt With Inheritance [11]
- Credit Card Debt – 10 Lies That Cause Us To Charge It [12]
Saving
- Save Money on Television [13]
- Spring Break Vacation Money Savers [14]
- Weekly Bank Interest Rate Update: How Low Can They Go? [15]
- Spend Money Today To Save Money Tomorrow [16]
By the Numbers
- 25 Useful Financial Rules of Thumb [17]
- 5 Tests To Claim a Dependent On Your Tax Return [18]
- 20 Free Online Finance Courses – Take Money Classes From the Comfort of Your Home [19]