Is "Stash-Subscription19 WestNEW" fraud?

Written by Piper Hall

June 18th, 2024

Medium Risk

What is "Stash-Subscription19 WestNEW"?

Stash is a company that was founded in 2015 by Brandon Krieg, Ed Robinson, and David Ronick. It is a digital financial services company offering a range of services, including banking through Stash Invest, a micro-investing platform combined with a cash management account, and Stash Retire, an IRA and Roth IRA platform. Stash aims to simplify investing, make it more accessible for beginners, and reduce financial barriers for any interested parties.'

"Stash" is the name of the merchant or service provider associated with the transaction.:

"Subscription19" indicates that this is a subscription-based transaction, likely the 19th recurring payment.:

"West" could be referring to the location or region associated with the transaction.:

"NEW" could indicate a new subscription or a new transaction with the merchant.:

Verify if this transaction is fraud in 30 seconds

Verify With Receipt

The best way to tell if this charge is fraudulent is to find the receipt. You may have an electronic copy of the receipt, which you can finding by searching in your email accounts for.

Or, if you want to automatically find and reconcile receipts so you never worry about fraud, you can use SimplyWise to automatically match all bank and credit card transactions to email and paper receipts. The app instantly reconciles your expenses and flags anything that doesn't match.

STEP 1

Connect your Email

Download the SimplyWise app and connect your email account. SimplyWise will search through your emails and find all the receipts in your inbox. This allows you to understand what exactly you are paying for when you see a bank transaction on your statement.

STEP 2

Connect Your Bank

Connect to your bank account/credit card transactions through the secure (256 bit encryption) Reconciliation feature within the app.

STEP 3

Reconcile

Reconcile the charges reported by your financial institution against what you've recorded in your SimplyWise account. Find fraud quickly! SimplyWise will match your transactions to your bank/credit card spending and check those items off.