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Amazon Prime Introduces New Fuel Savings Perk

Amazon's uber-popular Prime membership is gaining a new benefit — with a tease of more to come. About the new benefit: Amazon Prime users can now save 10¢ per gallon at select gas stations. Specifically, this includes BP, Amoco, and AMPM locations in the United States — of which there are approximately 7,000. According to Amazon, this new benefit is expected to save the average Prime member nearly $70 per...
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HoneyBook Introduces HoneyBook Finance for Small Businesses

The independent business CRM platform HoneyBook has unveiled its latest offering: HoneyBook Finance. About HoneyBook Finance: HoneyBook has rolled out a new money management platform for small and independent businesses. This suite of financial tools combines a business checking account and debit card with cashflow management and payment tools. With these features, business owners can manage all of their finances in one place. The HoneyBook Finance features will also integrate...
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Unexpected Expenses: My Back-Up Plan Flow Chart

Picture this: you've finally managed to get your finances in order and are making progress toward your financial goals... when a large, necessary but expected expense pops up. This is something that happens to Americans every day. What's more, as all too many surveys have told us, the great majority of us have no good plans for paying off such purchases of $500 or more. Even as someone who's "good...
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ASA Vault Adds Five More FinTech Tools to Its "App Store"

The "App Store as a Service" platform ASA has added five more FinTech tools to its roster. About the additions and ASA Vault: ASA has announced that it has added five FinTech applications to its ASA Vault app. These include PortfolioPilot, Guac, One Goal Finance, Credit Rent Boost, and Column Tax. With ASA Vault, users can sign up for and access these services without providing their name, email address, or...
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Southwest Airlines Unveils Accelerated A-List Status Promotion

Southwest is bringing back a popular promotion to help passengers achieve coveted A-List status — including a new option. About the promotion: For a limited time, Southwest Rapid Rewards members can work their way up to A-List and A-List Preferred status more quickly via a few different options. First, Rapid Rewards customers who book qualifying flights and travel between now and November 30th can earn double tier qualifying points. What's...
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Recreational Vehicle Financing FinTech Octane Raises $50 Million

A FinTech that helps consumers get financing for a variety of major recreational purchases has raised a fresh round of funds. About the round: This week, Octane announced that it raised $50 million in new equity capital. The Series E was led by Valar Ventures with participation from Upper90. Notably, both firms are existing investors. To date, the company has now raised a total of $242 million, including a $52...
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The Spotify Car Thing and Super Planned Obsolescence

Have you noticed that the nature of consumption has been shifting? These days, questions such as "What is a product?" and "What does it mean to own something?" need to be asked as the answers are evolving. In the case of the first question, recent standalone AI offerings have revealed a growing trend of businesses basically treating paid customers like beta testers. Meanwhile, as far as the ownership question goes,...
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FinTech Fallout: Lessons From the Synapse/Evolve Bank Dispute

Over the past several years that I've been covering FinTech, I've seen my fair share of apps shut down. Yet, I've never seen anything quite like the situation that's playing out right now. As of this writing, several neobanking customers are unable to access their funds due to a dispute between Synapse and Evolve Bank. So, what is going on between these two and how does it impact some FinTech...
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Best Western Debuts Two New Rewards Credit Cards

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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Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

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

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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Top 10 Personal Finance Articles of the Month — September 2024

Welcome to Fioney's look at the top 10 personal finance articles of the month. On the first Friday of each new month, we look back at some of our favorite posts published in the weeks prior and highlight them right here. This includes a mix of sites that have become staples of our lists as well as many first-timers. To start things off this month, we'll look at some articles...
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Discover Reveals 5% Bonus Categories for Final Quarter of 2024

As we head into the holiday season, Discover has unveiled its fourth-quarter bonus category picks. About the Q4 2024 Discover It 5% categories: Starting on October 1st, Discover It customers will be able to earn up to 5% back on purchases from two major retailers. First up is Amazon — which has been a fixture of Discover's fourth-quarter bonus categories since at least 2015. While this category will of course cover...