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Card Guard

An easy and flexible way to monitor your transactions and protect your money. Offers complete control of your debit card at your fingertips!

  • Turn your debit card on and off
  • Change your PIN
  • Set Travel Plans
  • Receive real-time alerts when your card is used
  • Spending insights to help you see what, when, and where you are spending your money
  • Keep track of recurring payments you have set up
  • Set spending limits on cards
  • Set controls based on location, merchant type, and transaction type

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Card Guard Frequently Asked Questions

Contact the bank if you are traveling outside of the United States, if you need to increase your debit card purchase limit, or if you have a fraudulent transaction.

Yes. To activate an unsubscribed user, you register as a new user.

Control settings take effect as soon as the “updating information” message in the app disappears.

Yes. The app will show the last 50 card-based transactions posted within the last 30 days.

From the Card Details screen, tap the toggle switch to turn your card either Off or On.

No, your recurring transactions will not be blocked and will continue to be processed.

No, you do not need online/mobile banking to use Card Guard.

If you have questions regarding the Card Guard app you can call our Customer Service department and they can assist you.

The toggle will appear green, for an Apple device, or blue, for Android, next to the control, this means the control is enabled. Note: When changing a control you will need to click save or the check mark to enable that control.

The region shows the approximate area where the card can be used; the area must be greater than 5 square miles. Card Guard can typically map the transaction down to a ZIP code or city. If the city or ZIP code of the merchant overlaps with the selected region in the map, then the transaction can still go through. There are instances where a merchant location cannot be mapped down to a ZIP code or city, in which case Card Guard will default to a state-level match.

You can add travel notes within your Card Guard app under “Travel Plans”. You will need to contact the bank if you are traveling outside of the United States.

Currently, Card Guard works with the most recent mobile operating software as well as the two past generations of Android and iPhone devices.

If you decided that Card Guard does not meet your needs, no problem. However, you must delete your card from Card Guard BEFORE you uninstall the app. That's because your custom security settings are saved on our servers and will continue whether your app is installed or not. To avoid potential issues in the future, it will be necessary for our system to know your desire to stop using the app.

There are a few ways you can unsubscribe from Card Guard: 1. You can unsubscribe through the app via Manage Portfolio in the settings. To unsubscribe, uncheck all card and accounts and tap OK, OR, you can contact First Bank of Berne customer service for assistance.

Yes, the new card number must be registered. On the main screen, you slide your current card to the left and select “add card”. To delete a card, you click on the menu, hide/show cards, make your selections, and click save.

The primary device is used to track the GPS for My Location alerts and controls. Additionally, all merchant and threshold alerts are sent to the primary device.