Pre-approved credit card offers can be great, sometimes you’ll receive a targeted offer that is much higher than the highest public credit card offer. They can also be particularly annoying, especially when a card issuer is... Read More →
Author - William Charles
Credit Sesame Launches Free Identity Theft Protection/Insurance
[We receive a small commission if you sign up for Credit Sesame. We still think that Credit Karma offers the more complete credit monitoring offering, but if you’re concerned about identity theft then it might be worth signing up... Read More →
[Expired][MA Only] $200 Checking Account Sign Up Bonus From Avidia Bank, No Direct Deposit Required!
This deal is no longer available to new sign ups. View checking promos that are. The Offer Direct link to offer When you sign up for a checking account from Avidia you’ll receive $50 for completing each of the following for a... Read More →
Equifax Doesn’t Consider “God” A Valid First Name
According to this New York Post article, there is a man in Brooklyn with the name “God Gazarov” and because of his first name Equifax has been unable or unwilling to maintain an accurate credit report. This is because the... Read More →
Manufactured Mondays: Where To Find $500 Visa Gift Cards With Only A $2 Fee
One of the more popular methods at the moment for boosting your credit card spend is to purchase visa gift cards with your credit card, then load them onto your bluebird account using a Walmart money center. I’ve detailed this... Read More →
American Airlines Frees Up A Bunch Of Award Space For The Worldcup
I don’t usually post about airline award space because this blog is generally for consumer credit news, but I know a lot of you are looking to go to the World Cup in Brazil. American Airlines has just freed up a whole heap of... Read More →
Earn An Extra 1%-0.1% Cash Back On All Credit Card Transactions With Great Bridge Group Review
Update: Great Bridge Group has shut their doors, they will be reopening under a different brand soon. [This page doesn’t contain any affiliate links, we always tell you about the best deals regardless of our financial incentive... Read More →
[Expired] Free Money Opportunity At Staples – Earn $6.10 to $47.50
The Offer Receive a $20 Visa Prepaid Card when you spend $300 or more on Visa Giftcards at staples The Fine Print Limit one per household, in the past this has NOT been enforced. Valid from April 13th – April... Read More →
Barclay Announces Negative Changes To Earning Points With The Barclay Travel Community
On April 11th, Barclay snuck a few changes into the way you earn miles with their Barclay Travel Community. You used to earn 200 miles per travel story you shared (minimum of 50 words and requires a picture), you now earn only 150 miles... Read More →
FICO Or FAKO – How Do You Tell?
More and more banks and credit card issuers are offering free credit scores. Some of them are free FICO scores, whilst others are actually FAKO scores. Before we go any further it’s probably important to discuss the difference:... Read More →
MasterCard Easy Savings Program – Save Up To 10% On Your Business Expenses
Over the past two days we’ve taken a look at the Visa savings edge & AmEx OPEN savings programs which allow business card holders to enroll into their rewards programs to earn additional cash (and points with AmEx’s... Read More →
[Expired] American Express OPEN Savings Review – Earn Extra Rewards On Your Business Cards
Yesterday we looked at the Visa Savings Edge program which lets you earn extra cash back as statement credit at a variety of different merchants. OPEN savings is AmEx’s version of the same program. The only difference is that... Read More →
FNBO Releases The First Secured Credit Card That Comes With A Free FICO Score
[Update: FNBO has answered some of the unknowns about the new card, scroll to the bottom to see] The title isn’t exactly 100% true, Discover actually has a secured credit card that also gives it’s users free access to a FICO... Read More →
American Express Starts Sending Out Targeted Offers For Their New EveryDay Products
There are multiple reports of people receiving targeted bonuses for the new EveryDay cards offered by American Express. The original sign up bonuses were as follows: EveryDay No Annual Fee: 10,000 membership rewards points after you... Read More →
Are You At Risk Of Identity Theft Due To The Heartbleed Bug?
If you haven’t already heard there is currently a security vulnerability with openSSL, it’s been nicknamed heartbleed. The vulnerability potentially allows hackers to “…read the memory of the systems protected by... Read More →