Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

Category: Personal Finance

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Personal Finance

Robinhood To Acquire Bitstamp for $200 Million

by Kyle Burbank
Robinhood is set to expand its crypto platform with its latest purchase. About the acquisition: Last week, Robinhood announced plans to acquire Bitstamp. The deal is valued at approximately $200 million, but is subject to customary adjustments. The all-cash transaction is expected to close in the first half of next year. According to Robinhood, the acquisition will introduce its first institutional business as Bitstamp is "trusted by its institutional clients...
Personal Finance

Get Money by Kristin Wong Book Review

by Kyle Burbank
Over the past few years, personal finance has taken on an increasingly important role in my life. While on my own money and writing journey, I've been inspired by a number of other finance bloggers along the way. Nearly from the beginning, one of my favorites in this category was Kristin Wong, whose work I knew from Lifehacker's TwoCents page. Given this affinity, I was excited to learn that Wong...
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Personal Finance

Fizz Announces $14.4 Million Seed Round

by Kyle Burbank
A credit-building debit card FinTech has raised a new early-stage round of funding. About the round: Fizz has revealed that it raised $14.4 million. The seed round was led by Kleiner Perkins, while V Angel, Y-Combinator, New Era Ventures, and others also participated. Previously, Fizz raised a $125,000 pre-seed round in 2021. With the new capital, Fizz plans to build its team and create new product lines. Additionally, it intends...
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Personal Finance

U.S. Bank Partners with Greenlight for Family Banking Tool

by Kyle Burbank
The family finance FinTech Greenlight has announced a new partnership with U.S. Bank. About the partnership: U.S. Bank and Greenlight are working together to help raise financial literacy for families. Now, eligible U.S. Bank checking account customers will have complimentary access to Greenlight's debit card and app. This includes accounts for up to five children. To get started, customers can enroll in Greenlight via the U.S. Bank mobile app or...
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Personal Finance

EarnIn Announces Erasure of $10.6 Million in Consumer Debt

by Kyle Burbank
The on-demand pay app EarnIn has teamed up with ForgiveCo to eliminate a chunk of consumer debt. About the debt alleviation: EarnIn has revealed that the company has relieved more than $10.6 million in consumer debt. According to a press release, this primarily consisted of credit card debt and auto loans. Specifically, this debt relief was applied to select residents of Atlanta, Georgia with household incomes of less than $100,000...
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Personal Finance

Brokerage App Public and ID Platform CLEAR Launch Partnership

by Kyle Burbank
A FinTech trading app and a biometric identification company are teaming up. About the partnership: This week, Public and CLEAR announced a new partnership. Now, members will have the option of verifying their identity with CLEAR when opening a brokerage account with Public. As a result, Current CLEAR customers will also enjoy an expedited onboarding experience when opening a Public account. As part of this partnership, Public is also offering...
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Personal Finance

Charity Cashback Platform AllGives Announces Browser Extension

by Kyle Burbank
A cashback platform with a charity twist is rolling out a new way for customers to earn while shopping online. About the extension: This week, AllGives announced the debut of the AllGives Browser Extension. The tool is now available for Google Chrome as well as Microsoft Edge. With this extension, AllGives users will automatically be prompted to activate cashback offers when they land on one of the more than 300...
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Personal Finance

Lessons From a First-Time Home Buyer: Should You Break Your Lease to Buy?

by Kyle Burbank
In a perfect world, the transition from renting to buying would be seamless — you'd find a great house to buy, close the deal, and move right into your new place. Alas, it's rarely this easy. That's because many renters are on a lease, which may heavily impact their timing when buying a home and limit their options overall. This was definitely the case for us as we still had...
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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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Financial

A Look at How Rakuten (Ebates) Works in 2026

by Kyle Burbank
Since taking an interest in personal finance, one site I’ve come across again and again is Rakuten, formerly Ebates. If you’re still unfamiliar, Rakuten is a cashback site — and is the largest of its kind by far, boasting deals from over 3,500 retailers. Its popularity has endured even with the odd Rakuten re-branding and the platform remains one of my most-used money-saving tools. Since joining Rakuten / Ebates some...
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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...