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by jen_h 2488 days ago
I have seriously reconsidered giving my business to a bank that does do that: I'm not a fan of sending transaction amounts or account info via text. My bank does this (and over email!); their security posture is fairly decent otherwise, but why oh why send transaction amounts out into the world where they can be intercepted by anyone between here and there?

Think about the useful information for an attacker in messages like that: Recent transaction details can help an attacker auth on a call, account numbers can do the same. And large transactions are catnip, alerting attackers to worthwhile victims.