to the security company monitoring system e g by dialing the system using the home telephone line in step 40 the security monitoring system transmits activation data to the financial card monitoring and alerting system identifying the client in step 50 the financial card monitoring and alerting system associates the activation data with the client 39 s financial card in step 60 the financial card monitoring and alerting system initiates the monitoring and alerting process for the client 39 s financial card transactions referring now to fig2 the embodiment of financial transaction system 10 shown in fig1 is further comprised of step 70 step 80 step 90 step 100 and step 110 in step 70 the client keys in the deactivation code in the client 39 s home security system this may be by way of one pre set button on the security pad or by a series of buttons on the security pad in step 80 the deactivation code and customer data e g home telephone number is sent to the security company monitoring system e g by dialing the system using the home telephone line in step 90 the security monitoring system transmits deactivation data to the financial card monitoring and alerting system identifying the client in step 100 the financial card monitoring and alerting system associates the deactivation data with the client 39 s financial card in step 110 the financial card monitoring and alerting system terminates the monitoring and alerting process for the client 39 s financial card transactions referring now to fig3 another embodiment of financial transaction system 10 is further comprised of step.