Recently Google acquired Softcard (originally called ISIS that had a name change for obvious reasons) which is a mobile payment application that directly competes with Apple pay & Samsung pay. We’ve know that Softcard would be... Read More →
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Redcard Shutdowns, Cheapest Ways To Get To India/Middle East, Evolve Money Updates & More
Redcard Shutdowns, my gut feeling is that these aren’t legit e-mails but who knows: Real or hoax? Your Target Prepaid REDcard Account has Been Closed by Frequent Miler American Express Shutting Down Target Redbird Accounts by View... Read More →
$200 in Visa Gift Cards for $199.80 at Office Max
The Offer Purchase 2 $50 Visa gift cards for and receive a $10 discount. The gift cards cost $54.95 each. Limit two offers. If you buy 4 $50 Visa gift cards, you’ll pay $199.80 after accounting for the discount. These Visa cards... Read More →
October 1st EMV Chip Liability Shift Explained & How It Affects Consumers
We’ve made reference to the October EMV chip liability shift in the past many times. Yesterday reader, JB alerted me to the fact that I’ve never really discussed what this liability shift is, why it’s happening and how... Read More →
Chase Disney Credit Card Review – $200 Disney Gift Card Sign Up Bonus
This is another post in our Weird Wednesday series where we look at credit cards that aren’t often talked about. You can view more posts in this series by clicking here. Chase cards are talked about a lot, so it’s a bit... Read More →
PSA: Last Chance (Literally) to Use up Any Radio Shack & Deb Shops Gift Cards
Radio Shack Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy on February 5 2015. Gift cards can be usually be used for 30 days after filing. Bloomberg is reporting that this is the last week to be able to use Radio Shack gift cards. From what... Read More →
New All In One Card: Stratos Review
Update: According to Techaeris Stratos is going out of business. There are a lot of All In One cards that are currently being developed (Coin, Plastc, Wallby & Swyp), none of these have actually reached the market yet but there is a... Read More →
Signup Bonus Increase: $200 with TD Credit Card
The Offer Direct Link Sign up for a TD Easy Rewards or the TD Cash Rewards credit card and spend $500 within the 90 days after account opening. Receive a bonus of 20,000 points/$200 cash back. This offer is available on both the Cash... Read More →
Disney “Hacks”, Free Spirit Miles, Purchasing Pizza With Your Car & Spending Bonuses
Hacking Walt Disney World by Frequent Miler. Walt Disney World isn’t for me, but if you have a family chances are you’re going to end up there at some point. Very useful actionable guide. 8,000 Spirit Miles for complaining... Read More →
Questions About The Barclaycard Aviator Cards Answered (Annual Fees, Changing Versions, Anniversary Bonuses + More)
Yesterday we reported on the four new Barclaycard American Airlines Aviator cards. We still had a few unanswered questions about these cards, so we reached out to the media team to get them answered (we also asked for your questions on... Read More →
Last Chance for 5% Cash-Back with [Citizen’s Bank &] Charter One
[See UPDATE below] We reported yesterday that Citizen’s Bank changed their credit card lineup. They removed the interesting ones and replaced them with uninteresting ones, see Citizen’s Bank & Charter One Eliminate Their 5%... Read More →
Evolve – Some Gift Cards Still Fee-Free
US Bank Gift Cards We know that Evolve started charging a 3% fee for processing payment for debit cards issued by some smaller banks. Technically, a gift card can also be fee-free so long as it doesn’t fall under that... Read More →
All Of The American Airlines Credit Cards Compared
Yesterday we found out that there would be four Barclaycard issued American Airline credit cards. Citi issues four different American Airlines credit cards as well. I thought it would be interesting to compare all of them and see which... Read More →
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Credit Card Partners (How Much They Make & More)
I talk about credit cards and I talk about them a lot. I love learning about the nuts and bolts of how the industry works, one thing I’ve been asking myself and researching recently is how much are co-branded credit card partners... Read More →
Signup Bonus Increase on Amex Blue Cash to $200/$125
The standard signup bonus on the Amex Blue Cash Preferred is $150 after spending $1000 within the first 3 months. And $100 for the Blue Cash Everyday after spending $1000 within the first 3 months. There’s now an increased signup... Read More →