Some tips to travel safe with your cards
- Inform the bank about your International travel (so that your transactions away from India are passed seamlessly)
- Set a limit on your domestic transactions (This is required until you cross the borders of your country)
- Set a limit on your overall international transactions
- Set desired limits on your transactions category wise like ATM, eCommerce and contactless routes
- Make sure that your card is well protected from the misuse of ‘Contactless facility’ by wrapping it around silver foil and other recognized methods
- In case of ‘Domestic only cards’ , make sure to set a bare minimum limit or better to zero
- On reaching your international destination, remember to block domestic transactions and (if required) international transactions too.
- Make a note of your card details including number, validity period and cvv. Also keep handy the online link , password and contact details to reach your card provider, in case of need.
- Ensure safe keep of critical data related to your card and share the same with your close confident so that they could react at your behest
- Remember that OTP (One Time Password) is not in vogue in many countries and transactions will be through even without it.
