Is It Possible to Remove Bank Account Details from Cashrewards?

Taegukgi on 24/10/2020 - 19:37
Last edited 24/10/2020 - 19:55

There has been a lot of noise lately regarding the Shopback data breach. I've been lucky in not receiving any of the spam since I didn't use any of my real details.

I'm checking my Cashrewards account and noticed that my bank account details are on my account which I can't remove. Has anyone been able to remove these details from their CR account? These are details that I definitely don't want to fall into the wrong hands.

Shopback doesn't require my bank account details for me to redeem cashback.

Any assistance is appreciated.

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  • bazingaa on 24/10/2020 - 20:28
    +1

    I was able to delete CR account sometime back, there was a "Account Delete" button. In the worst case, you can delete the account and make a new one without bank details.

    • Neoika on 24/10/2020 - 23:44

      Delete the account from the front end doesn't mean that it will be removed from the back end as whooah mentioned below. The same with change the details.

  • RM on 24/10/2020 - 20:47
    +2

    Are you able to edit and add a fake one..

    • Taegukgi on 24/10/2020 - 20:53

      No, error message says valid BSB required.

      • Agarwal on 24/10/2020 - 23:26
        +2

        Well can't you just put any BSB and an account number like 111111111
        083-xxx or something for a NAB account etc

      • Neoika on 24/10/2020 - 23:33
        +4

        Change to a fake bank account, randomly typed numbers. BSB being real is fine.

        Plenty of BSB to choose from here.

  • whooah1979 on 24/10/2020 - 21:27
    +5

    Removing the details from the front end doesn't mean that it will be removed from the back end.

    • subywagon on 24/10/2020 - 21:38
      +1

      ^ This. And has anyone else been getting a massive amount of scam emails now since the shopback fiasco?

      • nocure on 25/10/2020 - 00:21
        -2

        Yes, 10 a day. Account closed…

  • Baysew on 25/10/2020 - 08:28
    +3

    Just open a separate bank account to collect payments like this. NAB have a fee free account that doesn't require $2000 deposit each month (Unlike ANZ/CBA/WBC), Citibank Plus would also be useful.

  • CircularIllusion on 25/10/2020 - 16:41

    What exactly is the concern here? From my 5 minutes of research, the main concern would be that someone might use the information to social engineer their way into your account. I don't know how many banks would even use your BSB and account numbers as a good indicator of ownership since it can be information that is fairly public since it's information that can leak as soon as you start giving it out.

    If you actually care about tightening the security of your bank accounts, focus on the thing that you have 100% control over. Two examples:
    1. If the mobile phone number associated with your account is the same number you give out to everyone (friends, family, colleagues, online shops, social media etc.) then you should consider changing it to a number that has not be leaked everywhere.
    2. Like with your mobile phone number, make sure the email address associated with your account is unique to the service. There are many easy strategies to do this. If you use Gmail and your main email address is [email protected] then you might use [email protected]. If you want to get even more fancy, put some random numbers and letters so that your email is [email protected].

  • Taegukgi on 29/10/2020 - 15:10
    +1

    I sent an email to CR support and was advised that the bank account cannot be removed from their system as it is "required to prevent potential fraudulent activity".

    However, they were able to remove my name, DOB and post code.

    https://imgur.com/a/nxFtQUh

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