Check Your Bank Statements Every Month If You Don t You May Be Losing Money In Unexpected Ways.
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Why Checking Your Bank Statements Monthly Is Crucial
Summary
Monitoring your finances by regularly reviewing your bank statements is essential. While I’ve always checked mine, I realize now that my diligence could have been better.The Importance of Regular Checks
Not long ago, I received a dreaded letter from the bank informing me that my account was overdrawn. Shocked, I immediately opened it to find I was overdrawn by over a thousand dollars, which caused significant concern.
Upon contacting the bank, I learned that a $3,000 check I allegedly wrote had insufficient funds. Confused, as I hadn’t written a check for that amount, the bank insisted otherwise and specified the recipient.
Still doubtful, I reached out to the company in question. They confirmed the check amount, stating my account was overpaid. To prevent further overdrafts, I quickly transferred funds before initiating the process to recover my overpayment.
Determined to get to the bottom of it, I questioned whether I could have possibly made such a mistake. A visit to the bank for a check copy was enlightening. It turned out that I hadn’t written a check for $3,000?"it was a $300 check that had been incorrectly encoded by the company, and the bank had missed the error.
Apologies followed from the bank, who assured me they would rectify the situation. I then contacted the company, questioning why they assumed the mistake was mine. They had little to say when confronted with the actual $300 check, and promised to make things right.
Lessons Learned
The company representative assumed the fault lay with me, reasoning that a mistake would have been caught by one of the banks involved. Clearly not always the case.
This experience taught me a valuable lesson: while significant discrepancies like $2,700 may catch your attention, smaller errors might go unnoticed if you don’t check diligently each month.
In the end, remember: the only one truly safeguarding your account is you.
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