Summary: Today’s guest on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast is Yaron Samid, founder and CEO of the personal finance security service BillGuard. Yaron talks to Tom Dziubek and discusses how BillGuard works, fraudulent credit and debit card transactions, how BillGuard detects these potentially fraudulent transactions and how it notifies their customers. Consumerism Commentary Podcast #117 Yaron Samid, BillGuard: S05E13 / 140 jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#wp_mep_49').mediaelementplayer({ m:1 ,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen'] ,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30 }); }); Download – RSS – iTunes Table of contents [00:00] Introduction from Tom Dziubek [00:36] Interview with Yaron Samid – [00:49] About BillGuard – [01:26] Card fraud – [02:58] How BillGuard learns about potential fraud – [06:00] Other examples of fraud or unexpected charges – [07:44] How and when BillGuard notifies people – [10:44] Tricks used by unscrupulous merchants – [13:41] Getting help getting refunds – [15:11] Never use your debit card to reserve hotels or rent cars – [18:14] BillGuard’s security – [19:03] BillGuard’s funding [21:05] End We always welcome feedback from listeners. If you have any comments for this episode or for any other, or if you have suggestions for future episodes, please leave us comments here or email us at podcast at this domain name. Theme music by Mindcube. Podcast 117: Yaron Samid, BillGuard is a post from: Consumerism Commentary. It's not too late! Vote for Consumerism Commentary (or your other favorite personal finance blog) for a People's Choice Plutus Award!
