Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

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Personal Finance

Truist Bank Acquires Long Game Mobile Savings App

by Fioney Staff
After many years and evolutions, the prize-linked savings platform Long Game is entering a new phase after being purchased by one of the largest banks in the United States. Today, Truist Bank announced that it had acquired the gamified savings app. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Long Game has previously raised $17 million in funding. According to Truist, the bank plans to leverage the app's technology in...
Personal Finance

Emma App Review

by Kyle Burbank
If you were to snatch my smartphone and scroll through my many pages of applications, you’d probably notice a bit of a trend. Among the various games and standards like YouTube, Instagram, and Timehop, you’d find several personal finance apps ranging from cashback vehicles to budgeting tools. That’s why I’m always excited to learn about new apps to review. Lucky for me, a few years ago I received an email...
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Personal Finance

Concerto Raises $21 Million to Launch Credit Cards from Four MLB Teams

by Fioney Staff
A startup that aims to create loyalty-minded co-branded cards has announced a major investment and partnerships to bring its vision to life. This week, Concerto announced that it had raised $21 million in early-stage funding. The round was led by Matrix Partners, while PayPal Ventures and GoldenTree Asset Management also participated. Furthermore, GoldenTree has created a joint venture with Concerto and will fund at least $2 billion in credit card...
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Personal Finance

What is Credit Sesame and How Does It Compare to Credit Karma?

by Kyle Burbank
Credit Sesame is a great place to start for learning about your credit and how to improve it, but is it better than Credit Karma?
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Personal Finance

DeFi Platform Ondo Finance Raises $20 Million

by Fioney Staff
With decentralized finance continuing to capture interest, a DeFi startup has just announced a significant early-stage funding. This week, Ondo revealed that it had raised $20 million. The Series A was led by the Peter Thiel-founded firm Founder Fund as well as Pantera Capital. Other participants include Coinbase Ventures, GoldenTree, Wintermute, Steel Perlot, Tiger Global, and Flow Traders. Previously, Ondo closed a $4 million seed round last year, which was...
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Personal Finance

Sutton Bank, BHB Announce Banking-as-a-Service Association

by Fioney Staff
With the FinTech sector continuing to grow at a rapid pace, numerous startups have turned to FDIC-insured banks to help power their platforms. These types of partnerships have since become known as "banking as a service," with the licensed institutions being known as BaaS Banks. Now, one such bank is helping create an association to help support like-minded institutions. Sutton Bank and Bankers Helping Bankers have announced the launch of...
Personal Finance

Spring Cleaning Tips: How to Decide Between Hidden Treasures and Garbage

by Kyle Burbank
Everyone knows that completing a spring cleaning project and freeing your home of clutter is a great feeling. However that doesn't make the actual work of going through your home and organizing your belongings any easier. One of the hardest parts about getting rid of items you no longer need is deciding whether they could go on to have another life elsewhere or whether their journey should end with you. ...
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Personal Finance

Walmart Expands Gas Discount Benefit for Walmart+ Customers

by Fioney Staff
Those looking to save money at the pump may now have another option. Today, Walmart announced that it was upgrading and expanding the gas discount benefit offered as part of its Walmart+ subscription. While customers previously enjoyed discounts of between 5¢ and 10¢ per gallon at Walmart and Murphy's gasoline locations, they'll now also be able to save 10¢ per gallon at participating Exxon and Mobil stations. In total, this...
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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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A Look at How Rakuten (Ebates) Works in 2026

by Kyle Burbank
Since taking an interest in personal finance, one site I’ve come across again and again is Rakuten, formerly Ebates. If you’re still unfamiliar, Rakuten is a cashback site — and is the largest of its kind by far, boasting deals from over 3,500 retailers. Its popularity has endured even with the odd Rakuten re-branding and the platform remains one of my most-used money-saving tools. Since joining Rakuten / Ebates some...
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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...