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Are we really important to them?

April 3rd, 2018

“Your call is important to us. All our agents are currently occupied with other calls please hold and your call will be placed in priority sequence and will be answered by the next available representative.” Does this sound familiar? Well if you have ever called a banking organization then you have heard that recording. Even [...]

ATM Machines vs Cash Woes

February 27th, 2017

I don’t like using ATM machines, especially at the end of the month. I have realized that in an effort to avoid long lines at banks, a number of people are using the cash dispensers to access their money. However it never dawned on me how bad the situation was until my experience last week [...]

How to Prevent Being Scammed part 2

August 9th, 2016

Last week I wrote about scamming and I realized I couldn’t cover everything in one post. The truth is there are so many things that we need to monitor when it comes to our security. I noticed when I started using A.T.M machines that there always some guys hanging around the machine but not waiting [...]

Be Careful when using A.T.M’s!

October 29th, 2015

The ease of getting cash without joining long lines inside the bank has always been the biggest lure of using an Automated Teller Machine (A.T.M). The machine dispenses money inside a safe cubicle which usually has a lock and metal chain. Consumers know that there is always a risk of being robbed as they exit [...]