CardGuard by First Financial Bank is an exclusive app that gives you real-time control of your FirstPlus debit card(s). With CardGuard, you can decide exactly when, where and how your card can be used, helping you to manage your spending and reduce the risk of fraud.
With CardGuard you can:
• Turn your debit card on and off with a single touch. When the card is off, all purchases and ATM withdrawals are declined until you turn the card on again — giving you peace of mind in case your card is ever lost or stolen.
• Restrict transactions to a specific region by using an interactive map to specify cities, states or zip codes.
• Restrict transactions to merchants within a certain range of your location using your phone’s GPS.
• Enable or disable online and international transactions.
• Set spending limits by dollar amount and/or monitor spending by merchant category, such as gas stations, grocery stores, restaurants and hotels.
• Set spending limits.
• Prevent potential fraud by setting up alerts.
This bank over all has been a hassle. First can’t get me an online banking account, so I had to resort to using this app for all of my card usage to check balances etc Now I can’t even use this app at all, but still can’t use the mobile banking app either. Dealing with first financial has made me want to switch to a completely new bank after using this same establishment for over 10 years.
Password Reset Requirements
It makes you reset your password every few weeks but the my major gripe about is the resetting process. It took me a while to figure it only wanted it total of 8 characters. Even though it stated at least 8 characters (At least one uppercase, one lowercase, 1 number, 1 special character). I don’t see how limiting the amount of characters is going to make our accounts more secure. If it wasn’t for this then I wouldn’t have complained.
Was working now not
I haven’t been getting notification transactions lately and not sure when my cards are being used and where and when they are used. Sometimes I’ll get a transaction notification in the middle of the night for something I purchased earlier the day before. Please fix! Then 5 stars
Saved from identity theft
Absolutely love having this app! Immediately notifies me when my card gets used. Someone had gotten ahold of my information & this way I was able to immediately call to shut it down. Has definitely saved me more than once
Doesnt work
Wont let me sign into the app but the bank app works for me
Saved from identity theft
Love this app. Saved me last year with identity theft! Love that I can use my Face ID to get in. Super easy
Crap
Face ID does not work. Now it tells me my password is invalid or it just sits there. Pure junk.
Annoying
So every time I go into the app I have to renter my password and answer the beginning questions. Every. Single. Time.
ANNOYONG!!!