BillGuard now uses your location to help combat credit card fraud

BillGuard touts itself as the world’s first people-powered antivirus system for bills, with predictive algorithms that alert you when there’s unexpected charges made on your bank cards such as hidden fees, billing errors, scams and fraud. Four months after it finally launched out of North America, landing in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, BillGuard has announced an interesting new feature is coming to its Android and iOS apps. BillGuard will now tap your phone’s location to help protect against fraud, sending alerts when your card is swiped in a location it doesn’t recognize. When you opt-in to share your...



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