Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

Category: Personal Finance

Personal finance and money management can be very confusing. Most people know that optimizing their finances is important but few feel confident that they have the knowledge to do so.

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Money at 30: How to Finance a New iPhone with Apple Card

Recently, Apple sounded the alarm and built up hype as it stealthily revealed the debut of a new iPhone. Well, a new-ish iPhone. Yes, those waiting for the latest and greatest will have to hold on for at least a few more months as this particular announcement brought a budget edition phone instead. Dubbed the iPhone SE — or the second-generation iPhone SE, technically — this new smartphone features the...
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Uphold Introduces Stablecoin Center, Adds Support for Tether and More

As the concept of cryptocurrencies has crept into the mainstream, it's come with concerns from outsiders. In addition to regulators who worry about market manipulation and money laundering, there have also been investors who fret over the severe volatility of such assets. Look no further than the famous Bitcoin run that saw prices skyrocket to nearly $20,000 before crashing back down to Earth. To solve this issue, some have turned...
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SoFi Invest Expands to Hong Kong with Acquisition of 8 Securities

SoFi's big year just got even bigger. This week the company not only announced that it would be bringing its SoFi Invest product to Hong Kong but also that it was acquiring the online brokerage firm 8 Securities in the process. The deal still needs to meet closing conditions but, once it's complete, the current 8 Securities platform will be rebranded with the moniker SoFi Hong Kong while keeping its current...
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Credit Bureaus Currently Offering Weekly Online Report Checks

With the COVID-19 pandemic not only taking a toll on the health of citizens but also on their finances, this week it was announced that Americans will have greater access to their credit reports for at least the next year. From now through April 2021, consumers will be able to obtain their official credit reports from all three major bureaus — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — once per week. Prior...
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Images of Google's Reported Debit Card Project Surface

Over the past several months, a number of FinTechs have debuted their own takes on a debit card product. From Square to Robinhood and SoFi to Long Game, each of these offerings complimented the company's other services, hopefully incentivizing users to come aboard. Now it looks like a much larger corporation is looking to enter the FinTech debit card space: Google. According to TechCrunch, which obtained images of the upcoming...
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Shake Shack to Return Paycheck Protection Program Loan to SBA

Last week when it was announced that the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) had run through its original $349 billion in funding, there was plenty of anger to be found all around. While some were frustrated with Congress for not authorizing additional funding and with the SBA for not providing clearer instructions for banks to follow, others were upset to find that some national chains such as...
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SoFi Set to Acquire Fellow FinTech Galileo

Even in the face of a pandemic, FinTech marches on. Not only have we seen firms reporting new funding rounds during these challenging times but we have also seen some online banking offerings experiencing increased sign-ups. Now there's more good news for the industry as the streak of acquisitions we've seen so far this year has extended by one. Last week, SoFi (short for "Social Finance") announced plans to acquire...
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Study Calculates "Taxpayer ROI" for Every State

Under normal circumstances, today (April 15th) would be Tax Day in the United States of America. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic all but shutting down the economy, this year's filing deadline has been moved to July 15th instead. Still, in the spirit of tax season, the personal finance site WalletHub recently compiled a study on "taxpayer return on investment" — or "taxypayer ROI." Moreover they then ranked each state to...
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2025 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

 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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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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PayPal Debit Card Review: Earn Stackable 5% Cash Back

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,...