Barclays is fighting back against fraud by offering its users more power over when and how their debit cards can be used. According to its announcement, customers will be able to instantly turn a card "on" or "off," disallowing remote purchases. They will also be able to set their own daily ATM withdrawal limits through the Barclays Mobile Banking app. The new controls are part of the £10 million nationwide drive to increase the public’s awareness of financial fraud risks. "Fraud is often wrongly described as an invisible crime, but the effects are no less damaging to people’s lives," says Ashok Vaswani,…
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