Author: Fioney Staff
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Chase Introduces Record High Welcome Offer for Sapphire Preferred Card
As America continues to inch its way toward normalcy, recent months have brought a slew of interesting credit card welcome bonuses — especially among cards that have a travel focus. In many cases, these fresh promotions have been the most generous the issuer had ever offered. That’s exactly the case with Chase’s latest as the…
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Ally Becomes Latest Bank to Discontinue Overdraft Fees
One of the most frustrating aspects of dealing with many banks is the dreaded overdraft fee. If customers accidentally spend more than is in their checking account, they may be assessed a charge of $30 or more. What’s worse, this fee is per transaction — with some institutions being accused of rearranging the order in…
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$SOFI Debuts on Nasdaq Stock Exchange
One of the biggest players in the FinTech space is now a publically traded company. Yesterday, SoFi officially hit the Nasdaq stock exchange, trading under the ticker symbol $SOFI. During its first day of trading, the stock closed at $22.65 — up 12%. As of this writing, $SOFI continues to rise today, trading for as…
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FinTech MotoRefi Raises $45 Million
As more Americans look to save money on their auto loans, one FinTech is seeing significant growth — and attracting investors. Last week, MotoRefi revealed that it had raised $45 million. The Series B was led by bank Goldman Sachs with additional participation from Motley Fool Ventures, Moderne Ventures, Link Ventures, IA Capital Group, CMFG…
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LendingTree Survey Finds Credit Limit Cuts Still Common in 2021
Last year, as many Americans saw their finances affected by the pandemic, anecdotes emerged suggesting that some banks were cutting credit limits and even closing accounts of certain customers. This was later borne out in data, with Bloomberg reporting that issuers cut customer credit limits by a total of $99 billion in 2020. Now, despite…
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Bitcoin Rewards App Fold Raises $13 Million in Funding
It looks as though the app Fold is the latest FinTech to cash in on the current crypto craze. Today, the company announced that it had raised an impressive $13 million. The Series A was led by Craft Ventures while M13, Slow Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners also participated. With the funds, Fold intends to continue…
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Visa Expands FinTech Partner Connect Program to U.S. and Beyond
As FinTech becomes increasingly mainstream, Visa is now looking to facilitate even broader financial technology integrations. Following an initial launch in Europe, the company has announced it will now be expanding the FinTech Partner Connect program to the United States as well as markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere. The program…
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BlockFi Drops Annual Fee From Crypto Credit Card Plans
Even as the cryptocurrency market experiences some major volatility, the race to bring a crypto credit card to market continues. In fact, it now looks as though a battle in the space is heating up as BlockFi has announced some revisions to their card plans. The most notable change is that the BlockFi Rewards Visa…
