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FinTech News

SoFi Launches New "Smart Card," Drops Free Option for SoFi Plus

by Kyle Burbank
SoFi has announced some updates to its SoFi Plus premium membership, including the debut of the Smart Card. About the SoFi Smart Card: Today, SoFi announced the expansion of its SoFi Plus membership with the impending debut of the SoFi Smart Card. With the Smart Card, customers can earn 5% back on grocery store purchases. While grocery store delivery purchases are included as well, superstores such as Target and Walmart...
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FinTech News

BON Credit Announces $3.5 Million Funding Round

by Kyle Burbank
A FinTech startup aimed at Gen Z users has raised a new round of funding. About BON Credit's Funding Round: San Francisco-based startup BON Credit has revealed a $3.5 million funding raise. The seed round was led by VenturesLab with participation from Hustle Fund, Outside VC, MBA Ventures, Sequoia Scout Fund, Accel Partners Scout Fund, and others. BON was also incubated by Foundation Capital and Inception Studio. With the new...
Klarna logo with app
FinTech News

Klarna Introduces More Membership Tiers with New Perks

by Kyle Burbank
The "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) app Klarna has launched new membership tiers that include perks ranging from media subscriptions to airport lounge access. About Klarna's New Premium and Max Plans: This week, Klarna rolled out two new membership tier options for U.S. members: Premium and Max. These join the existing Core and Plus plans, which cost $4.99 a month and $9.99 per month, respectively. Each tier includes the Klarna...
Robinhood Presents YES/NO
FinTech News

Robinhood to Demo New Features at Keynote Event This Month

by Kyle Burbank
Robinhood is set to give a glimpse into its future during a keynote event. About the Robinhood Presents: YES/NO Event: Later this month, Robinhood will hold its latest event and highlight its upcoming additions. CEO Vlad Tenev will take the stage at Summit Skywalker Ranch on December 16th to discuss the company's next steps. The keynote will stream live in the Robinhood app as well as on X and YouTube...
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FinTech News

Revolut Reaches $75 Billion Valuation with Latest Fundraising

by Kyle Burbank
The London-based neobank Revolut has announced a new valuation milestone. About Revolut's Fundraising and Valuation: This week, Revolut revealed the completion of its latest fundraising process. While the FinTech did not state how much was raised, it did state the share sale gave the company a valuation of $75 billion. For context, it was valued at $45 billion last year and at $5.5 billion after a Series D back in...
Model ML founders
FinTech News

Model ML Raises "One of The Largest FinTech Series A Rounds"

by Kyle Burbank
An AI automation platform for financial services has raised what they describe as one of the largest FinTech Series A rounds in history. About Model ML's Funding Round: This week, Model ML revealed that it had raised $75 million. The Series A was led by FT Partners with participation from Y Combinator, QED, 13Books, Latitude, and LocalGlobe. To date, the company has now raised $87.5 million, including a $12 million...
Made Visa Card with a family in the background
FinTech News

Made Launches Essential Card for Homeowners, Raises $8 Million

by Kyle Burbank
The homeowners' rewards credit card market is heating up as a new competitor has launched following a successful Seed round. About Made's Seed Round: Made, a FinTech intent on helping homeowners "save time, money, and stress" has announced $8 million in new funding. The "oversubscribed" seed round was co-led by Jump Capital and Village Global. Additionally, Made is partnering with Fairway Home Mortgage Corporation to make the Made Essential Visa...
Intuit and OpenAI logos
FinTech News

Intuit Partners with OpenAI For "Future of Financial Intelligence"

by Kyle Burbank
FinTech giant Intuit has announced a partnership with OpenAI — the company behind ChatGPT. About the Intuit-OpenAI Partnership Today, Intuit (which owns TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp) revealed a new strategic partnership with OpenAI. Together, the companies plan on creating "the future of Financial Intelligence" by integrating AI technology into Intuit products, while also making a money insight tool available to customers. As Intuit notes, ChatGPT is regularly asked...
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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...
PayPal Debit Card app
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,...