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Personal Finance

Affirm Joins MoreThanFair Organization Calling for Inclusive Credit 

by Kyle Burbank
The Buy Now, Pay Later platform Affirm has announced that it's become the latest member of an organization resolved to improve access to affordable credit. About Affirm Joining MoreThanFair: This week, Affirm revealed that it had joined MoreThanFair. As a member, the company is affirming a commitment to help make lending more inclusive and transparent. According to Affirm, it already empowers consumers by offering flexible pay-over-time options. This includes products...
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Personal Finance

Walmart+ Week Returning With Specials Deals and Offers

by Kyle Burbank
Walmart has announced that Walmart+ Week will return later this month. About Walmart+ Week 2025: From April 28th through May 4th, Walmart will celebrate Walmart+ Week. This promotion will feature several special deals and offers exclusively for Walmart+ members. First, members can enjoy one free Express Delivery upgrade. With this option, shoppers can have their items delivered from their local Walmart store in as little as one hour. Next, subscribers...
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Personal Finance

Lessons From a First-Time Home Buyer: The New Addition to Our Basement

by Kyle Burbank
Last month, I shared how we had hosted our first overnight guest — which also meant finally making use of our finished basement. Well, as we continue to look for ways to utilize the space (after our initial plan of putting our couch down there was scuttled), we recently started the process of turning it into a gym. Okay, "gym" is a bit generous as we really only intend to...
Personal Finance

Robinhood App Review

by Kyle Burbank
Robinhood has proven to be an extremely easy way to start buying stocks without having to pay commissions or fees. Furthermore, as I do start to learn the ropes and am ready to take my portfolio to the next level, it's nice to know that Robinhood continues to increase their offerings.
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Personal Finance

"The Purpose Code" By Jordan Grumet Book Review

by Kyle Burbank
A couple of months ago, a funny thing happened. As I was looking through several of the personal finance blogs that I follow, I kept seeing the same bright blue book cover and smiley face sticky note somewhere on each site. I soon came to find out that this cover belonged to a book called The Purpose Code: How to Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave a Lasting Legacy by...
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Personal Finance

Chime Introduces Chime+ Premium Membership Tier

by Kyle Burbank
The popular neobank Chime has announced a new premium tier that customers can unlock for free. About Chime+: Today, Chime announced that it would be rolling out new features as part of a premium membership tier called Chime+. This enhanced tier will be available to those who set up a qualifying direct deposit of at least $200 per month (every 34 days). The first Chime+ feature that members can enjoy...
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Personal Finance

Business Banking FinTech Mercury Raises $300 Million

by Kyle Burbank
The FinTech Mercury has announced a new "mega-round" that more than doubles its previous valuation. About the Round: This week, Mercury revealed $300 million in new funding. The Series C was led by new investor Sequoia Capital along with participation from other newcomers Spark Capital and Marathon along with returning investors Coatue, CRV, and Andreessen Horowitz. Notably, this latest round gives the company a $3.5 million post-money valuation — up...
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Personal Finance

Robinhood Reveals Latest Product Suite Including Banking

by Kyle Burbank
Following a similar keynote event last year, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev returned to the stage this week to announce the latest features and services coming to the platform. About Robinhood Strategies, Banking, and More During Tenev's presentation, three new features were unveiled: Robinhood Strategies, Robinhood Banking, and Robinhood Cortex. First, Robinhood Strategies is a new wealth management service available for both taxable and retirement accounts. The "expertly-managed" accounts give users...
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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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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,...