Truliant to promote identity theft protection
Truliant Federal Credit Union has partnered with identity theft protection firm LifeLock to provide services to its members and will host a stop on the company's "Defeat Identity Theft Now" tour next week, according to an announcement.
LifeLock is a private company based in Arizona that claims to help consumers render their personal information useless to thieves, offering a $1 million service guarantee.
LifeLock, which says it has more than 600,000 members, will offer its services at a discount to Truliant's 180,000 credit union members, the announcement said.
Truliant CEO Marc Schaefer said identity theft costs Americans more than $50 billion in 2007 no qualifying payday advance.
"We wanted to offer the very best identity theft service to our members to help ensure that they do not fall victim to identify theft and all the problems associated with it," Schaefer said.
The LifeLock promotional tour includes stops in 10 cities, with the aim of collecting 20,000 signatures for a petition urging Congress to pass more stringent consumer protection laws related to identity theft. The stop at Truliant's Winston-Salem headquarters will take place March 3.