Email Alert

First Citizens email alert service delivers convenient, fast and secure real time notifications. Receive email alerts via your mobile device/personal computer after every credit card and prepaid card transaction. Our email alert service will help you to identify any suspicious transactions. Each notification will provide you with a brief transaction description that includes the merchant’s name, the transaction status (whether approved or declined), transaction value and your real time available card balance.

Get easy access to real time available card balances
The service is FREE to you
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Signing up for email alerts is simple!

New and existing credit card and prepaid cardholders can register for email alerts by providing your full name, a valid email address and telephone contact via:

First Citizens Online Banking. Send a secure message to our Electronic Banking Unit.
Email. Send us an email at fcttcreditcardnotifications@firstcitizenstt.com
Telephone. Call 62-FIRST (34778) and select option 3 to speak with a service representative, our contact centre is available every day from 6am to 10pm
Any First Citizens branch or our Credit Card Centre (1st Floor, 62 Independence Square, Port of Spain).

Fast activation!

Upon receipt of your request, a representative from the First Citizens Electronic Banking Unit will contact you.
Subsequently, an email will be sent to you with the terms and conditions of the email alert service for your confirmation. The service will be activated within 24 hours upon receipt of your confirmation email.

Questions?
For any concerns or questions, feel free to send us a secure message via online banking, email fcttcreditcardnotifications@firstcitizenstt.com or call 62-FIRST (34778) and select option 3.

*Registration of the First Citizens email alert is applicable only to the primary card holder.
This service is not applicable to First Citizens business credit cards.
Kindly note internet and/or data services must be enabled on your mobile device/personal computer to receive email alerts.

Command	What it does
BAL	Retrieve balance for default account
BAL <Insert Nickname> For Example: BAL Sav1	Retrieve balance on a registered account using account nickname
BAL ALL	Retrieve balance for all registered account
HIST	Retrieve list of the 10 most recent transactions posted on default registered account
HIST <Insert Nickname> For Example: HIST Sav1	Retrieve list of the 10 most recent transactions posted on a registered account using a nickname
HIST d, from <date> to <date> For Example: HIST d, from 04-05-2020 to 06-05-2020	Retrieve list of posted transactions on default registered account with date range specified, (maximum of 10 transactions)
HIST <nickname> d, from <date> to <date> For Example: HIST Sav1 d, from 04-05-2020 to 06-05-2020	Retrieve list of posted transactions on a registered account using account nickname, within the date range specified,(maximum of 10 transactions)
HIST c, from <low cheque number > to <high cheque number> For Example: Hist c, from 200 to 205	Retrieve list of posted cheques on your default registered account, within the cheque range number range specified
HIST <nickname> c, from <low cheque number > to <high cheque number> For Example: Hist Chq1 c, from 200 to 205	Retrieve list of the posted cheques on your registered account, with a nickname, within the cheque number range specified
RTRA	Retrieve list of the 3 most recent posted transfers from your default registered account
RTRA <nickname> For Example: RTRA sav1	Retrieve a list of the 3 most recent posted transfers from your registered account with a nickname
RTRA ALL	Retrieve a list of the 3 most recent posted transfers from all your registered accounts
TRAN <nickname1> <nickname2> Amount For Example: tran ck1 ck2 100	Transfer amount between accounts using nicknames
TRAN <nickname1> <Amount> For Example: tran ck2 500	Transfer amount from the default registered account to the specified registered account using the nickname
TRAN <nickname1> <Amount> <Date> For Example: tran ck2 500 04-10-2020	Transfer amount from the default registered account to the specified registered account with the nickname, for a scheduled future date.
TRAN <nickname1> <nickname2> <Amount> <Date> For Example: tran sav1 ck1 500 04-10-2020	Transfer stated amount from a registered specified nicknamed account to a second registered nicknamed account, for a scheduled future date.
HELP BAL	Retrieve information on the format of the balance commands
HELP TRAN	Retrieve information on the format of the Transfer commands
HELP RTRA	Retrieve information on the format of the Recent Transfers commands
HELP HIST	Retrieve information on the format of the Account History commands
HELP	Retrieve information on the format of the Help command
STOP	Unsubscribe your mobile device from receiving First Citizens SMS Alert messages

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