Re: Automated record of all credit and debit cards?

Mar 12, 2026 Last reply: 4 months ago 5 Replies


I was just reviewing my personal security at a very mundane level. >


> I wondered about the best way to store securely all the details of
> current credit and debit cards, and if there was a repository on line
> which could be used to notify card issuers if you lost the cards or were > robbed.
>
> Assume that you have the cards and your phone with you and both are
> lost. This needs to be at home or in a secure on line repository. >
> I am currently considering taking photos of all the cards and putting
> them on the file server.
>
> However if I am robbed whilst I am away from home I would need to be
> able to notify issuers immediately.
>
> I am assuming that phone and cards could be lost together so storage on
> the phone doesn't seem to be the answer.
>
> I have a nagging memory that this is a service offered by the financial
> industry, but my search skills are abysmal.
>
> Does anyone know?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Dave R
>
>
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> AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 10 x64

Password manager ?


I use bitwarden with all security up to 11. YMMV

I use Password Agent as it's a bit niche.

How does this help if you have lost your phone at the same time? [See OP.] And are away from home.

Do banks hold details of all your cards with other banks?

I thought years back there was a single point of contact you could ring to block all your cards, instead of having to ring round all the providers.

Cheers

Dave R

There certainly was one company which I used who did this, but they stopped that service a year or so ago.

I've been paying for that service since the 1980s. Covers soecial luggage tags, etc.

Yes CPP did that. I think they suffered because they were associated with some form of misselling, and have now ceased that side of their business.

Chris

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