Norton just alerted me to a new account on my credit report. This alert was too late to be useful I would think that for the price the credit bureau check would be more often. My free credit bureau services alerted me two weeks ago.
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You are making a good point about timely alerts. The value of the alerts decreases as time goes by while the criminals are out using your info.
I have two different banks and the one with a credit card issues credit card alerts within minutes of the transaction occurring. This is very much appreciated by me and many others who comment on it. The second bank I have just a checking and savings account and they issue alerts about deposits and withdrawals sometimes as much as 4 days later. I have many times given them feedback and even called but it has never been updated to be faster.
Maybe others here can comment on how speedily LifeLock alerts.