Fraud Protection Service for Metropolitan Bank Debit Cards
Your security is a top priority for us, and in our continuing
efforts to keep your accounts secure, we’ve improved our alert system
for potential debit card fraud. Our Fraud Protection Service uses
advanced technology to monitor debit card transactions, and if a
fraudulent charge is suspected you will be contacted immediately by our
Fraud Center.
We recommend that you confirm your mobile phone number and your
email address with us so that we may reach you quickly and easily if
there is suspicious activity on your debit card. You may confirm
your contact information by stopping in your local financial center.
Here’s how our Fraud Protection Service works:
- When potential fraud is detected, you will receive an automatic text message from short code 96923 with the option to reply “fraud” or “no fraud.”
- After the text message you will receive an email which also has the “fraud” or “no fraud” option.
- If there is no response received from you within 5 minutes, you will then receive automatic phone calls to confirm or deny fraud.
Our Fraud Center will continue to try to reach you until the
potential fraud has been confirmed or denied. In some cases, your card
will be blocked for use until our Fraud Center receives your response.
And remember: Our messages will never ask for your PIN or account number. Never give out this information by text or email.
Important
Please contact Metropolitan Bank or stop into a
financial center to make sure we have your current phone and email
contact information so that we can reach you promptly in the event of
fraud.
If you add shortcode 96923 to your Fraud Center contact
information it will display whenever you get a text from this number.
Emails from the Fraud Center will come from
info@mbonlineportal.com; please add this address to your “safe
sender” list so it is not blocked by a spam filter.
If you have any questions about our Fraud Protection Service, please call us at during regular business hours .
To report a lost or stolen debit card, please contact Metropolitan Bank immediately.
A representative will assist
you during regular business hours. If you are calling
after hours, please call us at . You may also suspend, reactivate,
or cancel a card in Online Banking or our Mobile App.