Find last month’s statement yourself
Move round a banking app without pressing anything you did not mean to, and open any statement from the last few years.
The worry is nearly always the same one: that being on online banking gives somebody else a way in.
It is a window onto the account you already have. It creates no new account and moves no money by itself.
Key points
- Move round a banking app without fear of pressing something irreversible
- Open any statement from the last few years and save or print it
- Check anything alarming by opening the app yourself, never through a link
What to remember
- Yours will look a little different, but every bank has these same rows.
- What it changes is how quickly you find out.
- Never travel to your bank through a message. Go the way you already know, and let the app tell you.
Try this
Find Statements in your own bank’s app. Print nothing — the point is knowing it is there.
Practice: Find last month’s statement yourself. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.