Author: Kyle Burbank
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PNC Cash Rewards Visa Credit Card Review
For more than a decade, my wife has been a loyal PNC customer. This includes holding one of their rewards credit cards — which, at one time, was our only credit card. Well, over the years, that’s changed a lot as our card mix has evolved. And, now, another change has come as the bank…
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Regions Bank Announces Partnership with Self Financial
Regions Bank is promoting a new way for its customers to build and establish credit thanks to a collaboration with Self. About the partnership: This week, Regions Bank announced a new partnership with Self (formerly known as Self Lender). While the FinTech may be best known for its credit builder loan product, this partnership with…
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eTip Introduces Instant Restaurant Tip Payouts to Platform
A FinTech service that specializes in cashless tipping is now looking to help waitstaff retrieve their gratuity more quickly. About the new tool: This week, eTip announced that it was introducing a new restaurant tip payout platform. With this option, locations will be able to offer instant payouts to their workers, with funds going directly…
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U.S. Economy Adds 150k Jobs in October, Unemployment Ticks Up
This morning, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics released its initial jobs report for October 2023. About the report: Headlining today’s report, the U.S. economy added an estimated 150,000 jobs last month. That’s below the 170,000 jobs that economists surveyed by Wall Street Journal forecasted. But, it’s expected that the figures would have been closer…
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Intuit Closing Down Mint, Shifting Users to Credit Karma
Intuit has announced plans to close down its popular budgeting app Mint. What’s happening: In a blog post, Intuit revealed that it would be closing down the Mint platform on January 1st, 2024. With the app’s demise, the company is inviting Mint users to join Credit Karma. Intuit states that it intends to “build on…
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Giant Eagle and FNBO Launch myPerks Pay Rewards Credit Card
Giant Eagle and First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) have announced the launch of a new co-branded card: the myPerks Pay Rewards Visa Card. About the card: First, cardholders will automatically be upgraded to myPerks Pro Status for their first six months. As a result, they’ll be able to earn a total of 5% back…
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Older Adult Banking Service Charlie Raises $23 Million
A neobank built to serve older adults has raised a new round of funding. About the round: This week, Charlie announced that it had raised $23 million. Specifically, the round included $16 million in equity as well as $7 million in debt. The Series A was led by TTV Capital and included participation from FPV…
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Robinhood Offering 1% Brokerage Transfer Bonus
Robinhood has announced a new offer that rewards customers who transfer their other brokerage accounts over to the app. About the bonus: Through December 8th, Robinhood customers can earn a 1% bonus on the net value of eligible assets transferred to a taxable (non-retirement) Robinhood account from another brokerage. According to the wording of the…
