Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

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Personal Finance

Goldman Sachs Reportedly Selling GM Credit Card to Barclays

by Kyle Burbank
Goldman Sachs is reportedly nearing a deal to offload its General Motors credit card portfolio to a bank they previously beat out for the program. About the reported deal: According to Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs is close to sealing a deal with Barclays to take over their GM credit card business. While the agreement has yet to be finalized, the transaction will apparently cost Barclays the value of the outstanding card...
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Personal Finance

PayPal Rolls Out PayPal Everywhere Initiative, Updated Debit Card

by Fioney Staff
PayPal is looking to expand its reach with a new initiative and a more rewarding debit card product. About PayPal Everwhere and debit card: While PayPal is best known as an online payment option, the platform is giving consumers more reason to use it in-store as well. This includes debuting an updated debit card with enhanced cashback rewards. Now, PayPal customers can use their PayPal debit card to earn 5%...
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Personal Finance

DailyPay Rebrands Debit Card, Plans New Cashback Offer Feature

by Kyle Burbank
The earned wage access platform DailyPay has announced a rebrand for its employee debit card offering. About the updated card and DailyPay: DailyPay has announced that it will be rebranding its Friday by DailyPay Visa Prepaid Card. Now, the service will simply be known as the DailyPay Visa Prepaid Card. With the card, users will still have the ability to transfer a portion of their earned payroll wages to the...
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Personal Finance

AI-Powered Compliance Platform Sedric Raises $18.5 Million

by Kyle Burbank
A company that leverages AI to help financial institutions manage compliance issues has closed a new round of funding. About the round: Sedric has announced that it raised $18.5 million in its latest round. The Series A was led by Foundation Capital with Amex Ventures also participating. To date, the company has now raised a total of $22 million including a 2021 seed round. With the new funds, Sedric says...
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Personal Finance

Lessons From a First-Time Home Buyer: How New Realtor Rules Could Impact Buyers

by Kyle Burbank
You may have heard that the rules for real estate agents and realtors were changing. If you're like me, you might have even caught a segment about it on your local news... that only managed to make things more confusing. I'm not sure why getting clear answers on these updates has proven so difficult but, in my experience, it has been. Luckily, among the junk, I have found some clarifying...
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Personal Finance

ASA Vault Adds Five More FinTech Tools to Its "App Store"

by Kyle Burbank
The "App Store as a Service" platform ASA has added five more FinTech tools to its roster. About the additions and ASA Vault: ASA has announced that it has added five FinTech applications to its ASA Vault app. These include PortfolioPilot, Guac, One Goal Finance, Credit Rent Boost, and Column Tax. With ASA Vault, users can sign up for and access these services without providing their name, email address, or...
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Personal Finance

SaaS FinTech MoneyThumb Acquired by Iron Creek Partners

by Kyle Burbank
A company that offers a variety of underwriting tools has revealed that it's been acquired. About the acquisition: This week, MoneyThumb announced that the private investment firm Iron Creek Partners LLC has acquired the company. According to a press release, this transaction will provide MoneyThumb with growth capital as the company continues to expand. While the news was announced on August 29th, the transaction officially closed on August 19th, 2024....
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Personal Finance

Southwest Airlines Unveils Accelerated A-List Status Promotion

by Kyle Burbank
Southwest is bringing back a popular promotion to help passengers achieve coveted A-List status — including a new option. About the promotion: For a limited time, Southwest Rapid Rewards members can work their way up to A-List and A-List Preferred status more quickly via a few different options. First, Rapid Rewards customers who book qualifying flights and travel between now and November 30th can earn double tier qualifying points. What's...
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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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Checking Account Review

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,...