Why Your Phone Carrier Wants to Connect to Your Bank Account

Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile are asking customers to move their monthly bill payments from their credit cards to their bank accounts. WSJ personal-technology editor Shara Tibken joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss why the carriers want the change, the privacy concerns that have been raised about it and the financial trade-offs to consider before you make the switch.

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Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile are asking customers to move their monthly bill payments from their credit cards to their bank accounts. WSJ personal-technology editor Shara Tibken joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss why the carriers want the change, the privacy concerns that have been raised about it and the financial trade-offs to consider before you make the switch.

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