My bank locked my card during a grocery run in Tulsa and the fraud line took 47 minutes
I was at the checkout at Reasor's on 15th street last Tuesday with a full cart when my debit card got declined twice in a row. Turns out the fraud system flagged a $12 charge at a gas station two blocks from my house because I'd never swiped there before, so I stood in the parking lot on hold with the bank for 47 minutes just to confirm it was me. Why do these systems flag small local charges but let the $900 hotel hold from a trip last spring go through without a peep?