Security tips for debit and credit card users

Card security is often a key concern to users of debit and credit cards in Nigeria as lack of it can result in the loss of hard-earned money.

Zenith Bank, one of the leading banks in Nigeria advises the underlisted card security tips to make sure you are safe while using debit and credit cards:

• Sign the signature stripe on the back of your credit card as soon as you receive it.

• Never let anyone else use your card.

• Keep your card in a safe place.

• Don’t let your card bend or get scratched.

• Keep your card away from magnetized objects and phones.

• Get your card back anytime you use it.

• Keep your card transaction(s) and ATM receipts to check against your statement.

• Read correspondences from your bank before discarding as they may contain important card
  account information and not just marketing material.