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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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FinTech News

EV Automaker Rivian to Offer IPO Shares on SoFi Invest

by Fioney Staff
In recent years, the true power of retail investors — especially those using FinTech apps such as Robinhood and others — has been on full display. Thus, earlier this year, some of these platforms began offering customers the ability to purchase initial public offerings shares at their list price before they hit the market. Now, the much-hyped electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian has revealed that it will be inviting SoFi users...
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Credit Card News

Luxury Card Adds Preferred Hotels & Resorts Status Perk for Cardholders

by Fioney Staff
As the travel industry continues to rebound, one credit card issuer has announced a new partnership that will bring hotel benefits to cardholders. This week, Luxury Card revealed that its members can now unlock elite status with the Preferred Hotels & Resorts' I Prefer program. In turn, customers will enjoy additional perks at more than 700 independent hotels and resorts around the world. Titanium Card members can receive Explorer tier...
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FinTech News

Freelancer Financial Tool Able Raises $3.2 Million

by Fioney Staff
A FinTech platform that looks to help self-employed creators and freelancers with their money has raised some of its own. This week, Able announced that it had closed a $3.2 million investment. The seed round was led by Elefund while Moonshots Capital, Next Coast Ventures, Signal Peak Ventures, and LocalGlobe also participated. With the funding, Able plans to expand its reach after launching its app earlier this year. Able is...
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Small Business News

American Express Launches Business Checking Account, Debit Card

by Fioney Staff
After years of proving to be a small business ally, American Express has announced a new offering for business owners. This week, Amex introduced its Business Checking account aimed at small and mid-sized businesses. While the offering will connect with existing Amex Business Credit Cards, it will also include a Business Debit Card — the first ever issued by American Express in the United States. In terms of benefits, the...
Survey: Majority of Gen Zers Report Making Positive Money Steps
Personal Finance

Survey: Majority of Gen Zers Report Making Positive Money Steps

by Fioney Staff
For years, many Americans along with members of the media have often mistakenly referred to freshly-graduated and college students as "Millennials" when, in fact, it's now Gen Z that is entering adulthood. As they do so, Gen Zers are learning a lot about money — especially during the past 18 months or so. However, as a recent Bank of America survey of 18 to 24-year-olds shows, a majority of these...
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FinTech News

Klarna Announces Strategic Partnership with Stripe

by Fioney Staff
In recent months, news related to "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) platforms has been coming fast and furious. Now, one popular service is expanding its reach thanks to a massive FinTech firm. Today, Klarna announced a strategic partnership with the payment platform Stripe. As a result of the partnership, retailers that employ Stripe can now add Klarna as one of the preferred payment methods without any additional application or onboarding...
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FinTech News

Mastercard and Bakkt Extend Crypto Partnership

by Fioney Staff
Last week, Bitcoin hit a new record high as interest in digital currencies continues to climb. While the asset's price has dipped modestly since, that hasn't dampened the outlook that various FinTechs, financial institutions, and others have for cryptocurrency. The latest example comes from Mastercard, which has just announced an expanded partnership with Bakkt. The partnership will allow Mastercard to offer Crypto-as-a-Service. In turn, this will enable Mastercard partners to provide...
Credit Card News

Southwest Airlines and Chase Add Benefits to Co-Branded Credit Cards

by Fioney Staff
Continuing a streak of rewards credit card updates, this week Chase and Southwest revealed some changes to their co-branded line-up. However, in this case, the duo have added benefits to the cards while keeping the annual fees where they are. The first changes to the line-up include enhancements to some rewards categories. Now, Southwest Rapid Reward Plus, Premier, and Priority cardholders will earn 2x points on local transit and commuting...
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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...
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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...
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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,...