The information associated with each electronic transaction is no longer enough to use for personal protection from fraud. For instance, an entry dated XXXX/XXXX/16 from my bank ( Wells Fargo ) that supposedly tells me what a debit card transaction was for, reads as follows : " PURCHASE AUTHORIZED ON XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX MD XXXX CARD XXXX CATEGORY BOOKS/MAGAZINES/NEWS '' There is absolutely nothing in this entry that gives me a recognizable name of the business where the card was used. Further, I did not choose the category that was assigned. Nor is there a contact phone number, which used to be given as a matter of course. In other words, I have no way of checking whether this is a legitimate transaction or not. If I were to call the bank, which I have done on other occasions, they have no more information than is listed here. I have not disputed this entry because I remember that I purchased greeting cards on XXXX for a small amount of money. Greeting cards correspond to the assigned category, but the purchase was not in XXXX and there is no store name ( it was XXXX ), so I 'm really taking a leap of faith here. It 's not enough money to spend the time on disputing it. I 'm bringing it to you because it 's such a clear example of the problem I see. 

An entry that I did dispute last fall had the transaction categorized as a credit card payment to a company I did not have a credit card with. I eventually realized that the amount corresponded to an automatic transfer to a SAVINGS ACCOUNT at that company ( XXXX XXXX XXXX ). But Wells Fargo never was able to put that information together. I withdrew the dispute, but I was the one who figured it out, not them. Wells Fargo said they had no control over the information that came from XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX said they had no control over how Wells Fargo processed the information given to them. I wasted a lot of time on something that could have been a real problem, but obviously was n't if the correct facts were transferred from one bank to the other. 

I ca n't protect myself from fraud without facts. Do n't know if there are regulations associated with this issue, but if there are n't there should be. Please help! 
