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Fioney aims to help guide you to make the best decisions when it comes to the ever changing worlds of personal and small business finance.
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Small Business News

Nextdoor Introduces New Tools for Small Businesses

by Fioney Staff
Small business owners looking to promote themselves on Nexdoor and reach more of their neighbors now have more ways to do so. This week, the popular app announced a new post composer, giving businesses more post format options. These new formats include Events, Polls, and Video. First, businesses can now create and share events on the Nextdoor platform. In addition to showing up in newsfeeds for users who "Fave" a...
Credit Karma Net Worth app
FinTech News

Credit Karma Introducing Net Worth Tool Built with Mint

by Fioney Staff
This week, Credit Karma announced that it was introducing a Net Worth tool. In a press release, the company said that the addition is part of their goal to become "a full-service personal finance management platform." The new feature will apparently begin rolling out to users with credit scores of 720 or higher but they hope to eventually expand it to a larger population. According to Credit Karma, this initial...
Bilt and Lyft logos
Credit Card News

Bilt Rewards Announces Partnership with Lyft, New Rewards

by Fioney Staff
A new perk has popped up for Bilt customers who regularly take rideshares. This week, Bilt Rewards announced a partnership with Lyft that will allow Bilt members to earn rewards on rides. First, Bilt loyalty members can now link their account to Lyft and earn 2x Bilt points on Lyft rideshare purchases. Additionally, Bilt Mastercard customers can earn up to a total of 5x points on rides when they link...
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FinTech News

Bankjoy Raises New Funding From Curql Collective

by Fioney Staff
A FinTech that brings enhanced digital experiences to a variety of financial institutions has garnered new investment. This week, Banjoy announced it had raised a new round of funding led by Curql Collective — a Credit Union Service Organization that looks to bring FinTech innovation to credit unions. The amount of the venture round was not disclosed. Excluding these funds, the company had raised $14.3 million to date, $12.5 million of...
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Credit Card News

Discover Announces 5% Bonus Categories for April to June 2023

by Fioney Staff
Late last year, rather than releasing its entire 2023 calendar of quarterly 5% bonus categories for its It card, Discover only revealed the categories for January through March (grocery store, drug store, and select streaming service purchases). Now, with the second quarter coming up, the card issuer has announced what spending categories cardholders will be able to earn 5% back on from April through June. First up, during the second...
Top 10 Must-Read Personal Finance Post February 2023
Best of the Web

Top 10 Personal Finance Articles of the Month — February 2023

by Fioney Staff
It’s time again for one of my favorite features here on Dyer News: a look at the top 10 personal finance articles of the month. Up first, we'll look at the topics of spending and saving. After that, we'll talk about financial independence followed by minimalism. Then, we'll close things out with a look at comfort creep, nomad tech items, and treasure! As usual, this month’s list includes a couple...
Robinhood crypto wallet
FinTech News

Robinhood's Non-Custodial Crypto Wallet Now Available for iOS

by Fioney Staff
A new crypto app from Robinhood has finally arrived. This week, the FinTech announced that its Wallet app was available to download in the Apple App Store, making it accessible to all iOS users. Previously, the app was only available to a select number of users while more than a million customers remained on the waitlist. Now, no waitlist reservation or invitation code is required to download the app and...
Lending Tree / Upgrade Win credit card
FinTech News

LendingTree Launches Win Card in Partnership with Upgrade

by Fioney Staff
Two popular FinTech firms are partnering up to introduce a new credit card that can help consumers "win" at finance. This week, LendingTree and Upgrade announced the debut of the Win Card — inspired by LendingTree's "You Win" tagline. The new card will carry no annual fee and will allow cardholders to earn 2% cashback on all categories regardless of category — although customers will need to log into their...
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Checking Account Review

2025 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

by Kyle Burbank
 Ever since I started taking an interest in the FinTech sector, one company whose name I’ve seen pop up over and over again is SoFi. That was later sent into overdrive as the company has not only become a household name thanks to its stadium naming rights deal but also because of the company’s continued product expansions. The most interesting development in my mind is SoFi’s acquisition of Golden Pacific...
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Credit Card News

Best Western Debuts Two New Rewards Credit Cards

by Kyle Burbank
After pausing applications for their previous rewards card, the hotel chain Best Western has unveiled a new pair of rewards credit cards with a new issuer. About the Best Western cards: Best Western is partnering with First Bank & Trust and Mercury Financial to introduce two new co-branded credit cards. First up is the no-annual-fee Best Western Rewards Visa Signature Card. With this card, customers can 4x points on Best...
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Credit Card News

Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

by Kyle Burbank
Chase and Marriott Bonoy have unveiled a special contest while continuing to offer its best-ever welcome bonus. About the welcome bonus and Bold Chat Court Contest: Marriott Bonvoy and Chase have launched a special opportunity called the Bold Chat Court contest. As part of this contest, 10 lucky travelers will be awarded 500,000 Marriott Bonvoy points (for a total of 5 million) as well as $5,000. For this contest, the...
Bilt and All Reward logos
Credit Card News

Bilt Adds 2 New Transfer Partners Including First 3:2 Transfer Rate

by Kyle Burbank
Bilt is once again expanding its travel transfer rewards program — and is even breaking the mold with one new partner. About the new additions to Bilt: This week, Bilt launched partnerships with two more travel brands: TAP Air Portugal and Accor. As a result, Bilt members will now be able to transfer their points to Miles&Go and ALL Reward, respectively. In total, Bilt now has 18 transfer partners including 13...
PayPal Debit Card app
Checking Account Review

PayPal Debit Card Review: Earn Stackable 5% Cash Back

by Kyle Burbank
In recent weeks, PayPal debuted an updated debit card product (perhaps you've seen the incessant Will Ferrell commercials for it during football games?). With the launch of this card, the company known for online payments is encouraging customers to pay with them anywhere. To encourage such behavior, the debit card allows cardholders to earn 5% cashback — although, as you can imagine, there are some important restrictions on that. So,...