Author: Fioney Staff
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Wyndham and Barclays Refresh Rewards Card Line-Up with Earner, Earner+, and Earner Business
As domestic travel slowing starts to resume, today Wyndham and Barclays introduced their refreshed co-branded rewards credit card offerings. The new line-up replaces the former Wyndham Rewards Visa and includes two consumer cards — the Wyndham Rewards Earner card and the Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus card — and adds a business card with the aptly…
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Wirex Reaches Crowdfunding Goal in Just 90 Minutes
Who needs venture capital firms anyway? Apparently not Wirex as the U.K.-based payments company easily smashed its fundraising goal using the platform Crowdcube. This morning, the startup surpassed its initial ask of £1 million ($1.28 million) in less than an hour and a half. The campaign was opened to the general public following a priority…
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IRS Alters 1040 Form to Make Crypto Question More Prominent
Taxpayers who hold, exchange, and transact cryptocurrencies will soon have one fewer excuses for not reporting these activities to the Internal Revenue Services (IRS). According to the Wall Street Journal, the new Form 1040 for the 2020 tax will make it harder to ignore a question about cryptocurrency assets. Now, the question that asks, “At…
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FinTech Credit Card Company Petal Raises $55 Million
Throughout the past few months, at a time when the whole world is feeling disrupted, startups once called “disruptors” have found their services becoming more important than ever. In turn, there seems to be a streak of investments in these companies. Case in point: this week, Petal revealed that it had raised $55 million as…
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American Net Worth See Record Increase in Q2 2020
Amid all of the uncertainty and lockdowns that the past few months have brought, it seems that the overall value of Americans’ portfolios and homes has soared. As Axios reports, new data from the Federal Reserve shows that U.S. household net worth reached $119 trillion during the second quarter of this year. That marked an…
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American Express Details “Coalition to Back Black Businesses” Grant Program
This past week, American Express continued its efforts to support small businesses during these turbulent times. In this case, the company turned its attention to the Black community, helping to form the Coalition to Back Black Businesses Grant Program. The Coalition is a collaboration between four other organizations: the National Black Chamber of Commerce, the…
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Unique Upcoming X1 Card Opens Waitlist
In recent months, the credit card industry has been throwing out some mixed signals. While reports suggest that some issuers have been slashing limits and even closing accounts, others have been plussing their products or introducing new ones (such as the recent Chase Freedom Flex card announcements). Now comes word of another interesting credit card…
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SBA’s 504 Loan Program Sees Record Lending Month
At a time when thousands of small businesses across the country are struggling to stay afloat, it seems that some entrepreneurs are investing in future projects. As the National Association of Development Companies notes, the Small Business Administration completed a record number of loans under its 504 loan programs in the past month. During that…
