PennyGem’s Elizabeth Keatinge tells us what the experts say about setting up automatic credit card payments.
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00:00Setting up automatic credit card payments helps keep everything simple and make sure
00:08you don't miss a payment, right? Probably a good idea for many Americans. According
00:12to a WalletHub survey, 18% of adults expect to miss at least one credit card due date
00:17in 2020. Well, one expert tells CreditCards.com that there can be a downside. Setting up your
00:23credit cards on autopay cedes some control to the credit card companies, says former
00:27banker Nick Clements. You also may be inclined to not go over your statements if you set
00:32it and forget it. Clements says, be sure you still take responsibility for your account
00:37and scour your statements every month. Even if you have alerts set up, don't be one of
00:41the victims of credit card fraud just because you aren't paying attention. According to
00:44ShiftProcessing.com, credit card fraud is ranked the number one type of identity theft
00:49fraud. In 2018, $24.26 billion was lost due to payment card fraud worldwide.
00:57CreditCards.com