Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

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Robinhood Presents YES/NO
Personal Finance

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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Personal Finance

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...
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Personal Finance

'The New Money Rules' by Lillian Zhang Book Review

by Kyle Burbank
Over the years, I've learned that no one really understands how generations work. It's understandable since there's often not a set-in-stone definition for when a generation starts or begins. But one thing's for sure: I'm solidly a Millennial. That means that I'm not the intended audience for The New Money Rules: The Gen Z Guide to Personal Finance (which was released earlier this year). Nevertheless, I decided to cash in...
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Personal Finance

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...
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Personal Finance

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...
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Personal Finance

Hilton Updates Honors Program with New Tier, Lowered Milestones

by Kyle Burbank
Hilton Honors is getting an update for 2026, making it easier for members to obtain status while also introducing a new top tier. About the Changes to Hilton Honors Next year, Hilton's loyalty program Hilton Honors will add a new elite tier: Diamond Reserve. Members who reach this top status will enjoy such perks as Confirmable Upgrade Rewards at the time of booking, highest priority for space-available upgrades, guaranteed 4...
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Personal Finance

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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Personal Finance

Robo-Advisor Platform Betterment Adds Self-Directed Investing

by Kyle Burbank
A company known for its robo-advisory tools is mixing it up by bringing self-directed investment options to the service. About Betterment's Self-Directed Investment Platform: Betterment is bringing self-directed investing to its platform. Now, customers can trade thousands of stocks and ETFs without paying commission fees. This comes as the company says three-quarters of its customers have self-directed brokerage accounts elsewhere. One feature included in the self-directed trading platform is Tax...
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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...
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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,...