When the burglars broke into my home, they stole my stack of Series I Savings Bonds (see previous post Lessons After A Burglary: Physical Security). I started buying paper savings bonds in 2001. I always knew they are replaceable in case they are [...]
Lessons After A Burglary: Physical Security
"What if I lose this?" That's the question I should've asked myself more often. I hope you will ask the question now so that you don't get caught after the fact. I came back from work one evening only to see my home was broken into. [...]
Protect Your Investment Accounts With A Security Token: Fidelity, Schwab, E*Trade, Vanguard
This is a little crazy. I can stop someone from logging into my web email account because it requires a 6-digit code that changes every 30 seconds (gmail 2-step verification), but I can't stop someone from logging into my bank account if they got my [...]
Proactively Protect Your Account Against Fraud
This post brought to you by Chase. The content and opinions expressed below are that of The Finance Buff. At work, we have some visitors from another country. While chatting with them at lunch, I heard they were very careful with using their bank [...]
Encrypted USB Flash Drive For Financial and Legal Documents
As many employees working for a large company do these days, I get a laptop issued by the company. You are not supposed to use it for personal business, but I'm not that good in strict compliance. Sometimes I put personal documents on it just for [...]
FidSafe: Online Safe Deposit Box From Fidelity
This was buried in the same letter from Fidelity which announced free trades on 5 additional iShares ETFs: FidSafe®: Manage your and your family's finances by safely storing, organizing, and accessing digital copies of important financial, [...]
How To Cut Down Tax Refund Identity Theft Fraud
I received my tax refund as expected. Thankfully no one filed a fraudulent tax return using my Social Security Number. I heard tax refund identity theft is becoming more rampant these days. You file your taxes only to hear that some criminals beat [...]
