[jmcarter]

Say what you will about big banks but Bank of America has bailed me out more than once with fraudulent credit card activity and once when a check we wrote to a distant relative was apparently “remastered” and used to write a check which was cashed at a credit union. Needless to say we don’t write many personal checks anymore. Once your checking account is compromised it’s a pain to reorder new checks and change all the direct deposits, especially SSA. BofA has a good phone app where you can set notifications for card usage, undoubtedly others do as well.