Site and Experiments under active R&D - please excuse our mess!
Site and Experiments under active R&D - please excuse our mess!
Americans over 60 lose an estimated $28.3 billion annually to financial exploitation, according to AARP.
Elder financial exploitation drains an estimated $28 billion every year in the U.S. alone—two-thirds of it stolen by people the victim already knows.¹ Cognitive decline, duplicate charity charges, “friendly” subscription scams, and coercive withdrawals all chip away at fixed incomes. Adult children monitor Mom or Dad’s banking apps at midnight, yet by the time they notice a problem the 60-day charge-back window has closed.
SilverGuard flips the script: a read-only AI “firewall” that links to checking, credit-card, and PayPal feeds, flags suspicious activity in real time, and—when authorized—auto-negotiates recurring bills so savings help pay for the service.
¹ AARP Elder Fraud & Abuse Report, 2024.
Hypothesis: Families will pay $12 per month for always-on fraud detection plus bill-negotiation that often pays for itself.
Concierge MVP: We manually link up to three accounts, run anomaly rules, and text alerts to the trusted contact list for 30 days.
Parallel Kickstarter: Aim to raise $2k in pledges (≈ 170 pre-paid months).
Pass/Fail: If ≥ 80 % of pilot alerts are judged “useful” and Kickstarter goal is met, we build full automation.
Monitors seniors’ checking, credit, and PayPal feeds in real time, flagging duplicate charities, ghost subscriptions, and sudden large withdrawals.
Sends instant SMS alerts to pre-approved family or advisor when high-risk transactions hit—stopping scams within the statutory charge-back window.
One-click authorizes service to renegotiate cable, phone, or insurance premiums annually; savings split funds SilverGuard subscription.
"SilverGuard spotted Mom’s bogus utility draft within two hours—bank reversed the charge next day."
- John D. Ohio
"Bill-negotiation dropped my cable bundle by $37/month; that alone pays the subscription."
- SilverGuard Pre-Pilot user
"Finally a fintech that puts seniors first but keeps me, the advisor, in the loop."
- Wealth-Manager
We delete this data after the study or anytime you ask.
Please reach us at silverguard@gowenplaces.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
We use Plaid’s read-only token; SilverGuard can never move money—only read transactions and send alerts.
Yes. Cancel in one click; monitoring stops immediately and future billing halts. No long-term contracts.
33% of the first-year savings, billed only after we secure the lower rate. If we save nothing, you pay nothing.
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