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City Bank Partners with Identity Theft 911 to Offer All Customers Identity Theft Resolution Free of Charge*.


- New Service Aims to Help Combat America's Fastest Growing Crime -

LUBBOCK, Texas “Lubbock” redirects here. For other uses, see Lubbock (disambiguation).
Lubbock is the 10th-largest city in the state of Texas.[1] Located in the northwestern part of the state—a region known historically as the Llano Estacado
 -- City Bank Texas and City Bank New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S).  announced today a partnership with Identity Theft 911, the country's leading provider of identity theft education and resolution services. Realizing the mounting existence of this crime, City Bank is offering all depositors identity theft resolution services should they fall victim to identity theft. Additionally, they will have access to proactive education through City Bank's Web site.

"City Bank has recognized that identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America," said Cory Newsom, Senior Vice President and COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning.  of City Bank. "We want to give our customers a service that will help them if they ever fall victim to identity theft. We will now be able to offer a solution and continue to maintain the highest level of customer service."

Identity Fraud Resolution Services

The service provided through Identity Theft 911 offers a personal advocate who works one-on-one to direct and assist policyholders through the challenges of identity and credit restoration. Some highlights of the service include:

* Direct assistance with filing a police report, creating a fraud victim affidavit affidavit

Written statement made voluntarily, confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, and signed before an officer empowered to administer such oaths.
, plus a comprehensive case-file to assist law enforcement and claims handling. +

* Systematic notification to credit bureaus, creditors and collectors, government agencies, and relevant parties. +

* Fraud monitoring of more than 1,000 databases to identify fraudulent The description of a willful act commenced with the Specific Intent to deceive or cheat, in order to cause some financial detriment to another and to engender personal financial gain.  use of a stolen identity. +

* A full year of active follow-up to judge the effectiveness of the fraud resolution and to detect possible recurrent recurrent /re·cur·rent/ (re-kur´ent) [L. recurrens returning]
1. running back, or toward the source.

2. returning after remissions.


re·cur·rent
adj.
1.
 fraud. +

* Proactive education available at www.citybankonline.com

"We are delighted to be working with City Bank to offer their customers the protection and resources they need to combat this virulent vir·u·lent
adj.
1. Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin.

2. Capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host. Used of a pathogen.

3.
 crime," said Judd Rousseau, COO and Director of Fraud Operations at Identity Theft 911. "Recent FTC FTC

See Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
 statistics show the real need for identity theft protection - everyday we encounter news stories about victims of identity theft. City Bank has demonstrated that customer service is their highest priority by offering this new service to their customers for no additional cost. They really are making sure customers needs come first."

About Identity Theft 911

An Institutional Service Provider on the Cutting Edge of Fraud Solutions - Identity Theft 911 provides enterprise-level fraud solutions to Fortune 500 companies, including many of America's largest insurers and corporate benefits providers, as well as a wide spectrum of financial institutions, colleges and universities. Identity Theft 911 is the leader in identity theft victim resolution and education, serving more than 7 million households in its retainer-based program. For more information, please visit www.identitytheft911.com.

About City Bank

City Bank Texas is a community bank with its corporate offices based in Lubbock, Texas. In 1993 City Bank had just over $80 million in assets with three locations. City Bank Texas now has $1.2 billion dollars in assets and 31 locations. City Bank Texas has branches in El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. , the Dallas area, Houston, and several across the South Plains Texas Region. City Bank New Mexico is a separately chartered bank Chartered Bank

A financial institution whose primary roles are to accept and safeguard monetary deposits from individuals and organizations, and to lend money out. The details vary from country to country, but usually a chartered bank in operation has obtained government permission
 that was founded in 2001. City Bank New Mexico has grown to $93 million in assets and has three locations in Lincoln County Lincoln County is the name of several locations. Canada
  • Lincoln County, Ontario, one of the historic counties of Ontario
United Kingdom
  • The archaic term "County of Lincoln" refers to Lincolnshire in modern usage.
 New Mexico.

Both Banks believe in offering the most competitive products in the banking market. City Bank Texas and New Mexico employees believe in the value and importance of customer service and strive to make that their highest priority when dealing with customers. For more information, please visit www.citybankonline.com or www.citybanknm.com.

* For a limited time only. Other terms and conditions may apply.

+ All services may not apply for EVERY identity theft situation.
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