eStatements

WHY SWITCH TO ESTATEMENTS? - SECURITY

Receiving electronic statements and paying your bills online reduces the amount of private information being passed through the mail and, available for fraudulent activity. Almost 85% of identity theft cases are due to "offline" transactions such as lost check books, stolen bills, statements, and check payments!

Did you know that Heartland Rewards customers are protected by Identity Theft Resolution Services in the event that your identity is compromised? An Identity Theft representative will guide you through the resolution of your case and will monitor your credit for a year to ensure your identity is not comprised again! You will also receive monthly statement alerts to your accounts to help monitor for fraudulent activity.  

 In one year, by switching from paper to electronic billing, statements, and payments, the average American household would...

• Save 6.6 pounds of paper
• Avoid producing 171 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions—the equivalent of:
  • The emissions avoided by not driving 169 miles
  • The emissions avoided by not consuming 8.8 gallons of gasoline
  • Planting 2 tree seedlings and allowing them to grow for 10 years
  • Preserving 24 square feet of forestland
• Avoid releasing 63 gallons of wastewater into the environment
• Avoid using 4.5 gallons of gasoline to mail paper items

If only 20% of American households switched from paper to electronic bills, statements and payments each year, the collective impact would...

• Save 150,939,615 pounds of paper
• Save 1,811,275 trees
• Avoid producing almost 2 million tons of greenhouse gases
• Avoid creating over a billion gallons of wastewater during paper production
• Avoid using over 100 million gallons of gas to mail payments