Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

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Intuit Announces Acquisition of Credit Karma

Another day, another major acquisition. More than a decade after they bought the personal finance app Mint for $170 million, Intuit is making a much larger platform purchase. As first reported by The Wall Street Journal and later confirmed by the company itself, Intuit is set to acquire Credit Karma for a whopping $7.1 billion. Credit Karma will reportedly continue to operate as its own brand within Intuit, with current...
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Shopify Joins Facebook-Led Libra Association

It's been a while since Facebook's Libra has been in the news — and, following the last round of headlines it did garner, you'd be forgiven if you assumed the project was dead. However the cryptocurrency effort managed to get a bit of a boost last week. As TechCrunch reports, e-commerce platform Shopify has now joined the Libra Association. The addition of Shopify to the Association comes a few months...
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Survey Shows Late Credit Card Payments Aren't Always About Being Broke

Everyone knows that carrying a balance on your credit card can lead to interest fees, adding to your debt. However there's another expensive risk that consumers may run afoul of: late fees. In fact a new survey from the personal finance site WalletHub finds that 46 million Americans anticipate missing a credit card payment this year for one reason or another. Contrary to what you might assume, the top reason...
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LendingClub to Acquire Radius Bank for $185 Million

As various FinTech disruptors have grown over the years, some observers have theorized that banks would look to acquire these startups in order to integrate their services into their own (which has happened in some cases). However fewer would have guessed that things might end up the other way around — yet that seems to be what's at play for LendingClub. This week the marketplace lender announced that it was...
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Bitcoin.com Introduces Coin-Creation Tool Called "Mint"

In 2017 — when Bitcoin broke-out, reaching a record of near $20,000 per coin — cryptocurrency suddenly became a phrase that even everyday Americans were at least somewhat familiar with. Of course the majority are likely only aware of Bitcoin itself and not any of the other multitude of tokens that exist. But, if you thought there are a lot of token types now, you haven't seen anything yet. Bitcoin.com...
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Fidelity Finds Average Retirement Balances Hit Record High in 2019

During his State of the Union address a couple of weeks back, President Donald Trump continued to tout the strength of the United States economy. Indeed the stock markets did have a strong (albeit bumpy at times) year in 2019 — but how does that impact the average American? Well, according to a new report from Fidelity, between new contributions and market gains, those saving for retirement saw their account...
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Apple Pay Now Accounts for 5% of Global Card Transactions

It may have taken more than half a decade but it seems that Apple Pay is making major inroads. As Quartz reports, Apple Pay share of transactions are on the rise and could reach even larger milestones in the years ahead. Currently Apple Pay payments account for 5% of global card transactions according to data from Bernstein Research. However that's poised to double in the next five years, potentially reaching...

Money at 30: Rakuten / Ebates vs. Dosh — In 2020 Which is the Better Cashback Tool?

The idea of earning cash back on your purchases for seemingly no reason is one of those “if it sounds too good to be true…” triggers for many people. For evidence of this, just type in “Is Rakuten…” or “Is Dosh…” into Google and notice how “legit?” is near the top of the autofill options. Let’s get this out of the way: yes, both Rakuten (formerly Ebates) and Dosh are...
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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,...