Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

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Personal Finance

Spiral Announces Partnership with nkbc to Enable Easy Giving

by Kyle Burbank
The FinTech Spiral has announced its latest banking partnership. About the partnership: This week, Spiral revealed a new partnership with Kansas City-based bank nbkc. Under this agreement, the FinTech will brings its Giving Center to nbkc customers. In turn, users will be able to give to their favorite charities and non-profit organization in a variety of ways. In addition to creating a portfolio of their supported charities, customers will also...
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Personal Finance

Bilt Partners with Odynn for Live Hotel Award Booking Search

by Kyle Burbank
Bilt has unveiled a new feature that will help customers book hotel rooms using points. About the partnership and feature: This week, Bilt Rewards announced a partnership with Odynn that brings their Awayz platform to the Bilt app. With this integration, Bilt members can search and view real-time hotel award booking options. Currently, Bilt offers transfers to two hotel loyalty programs: IHG and Hyatt. In turn, the new Awayz-powered search...
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Personal Finance

My Biggest Personal Finance Flaw

by Kyle Burbank
Last month (actually just a couple of weeks ago) marked seven years since I started writing about personal finance. Over that time, a lot has changed for me personally, professionally, and — most relevant to this writing — financially. Namely, the more time I've spent covering money topics and apps, the greater understanding I've gained of financial topics while also discovering helpful tools. Thus, it's easy to say that I'm...
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Personal Finance

The Creative Ladder, Robinhood Partner on Financial Education

by Kyle Burbank
A rising nonprofit and a well-known FinTech are working together to bring financial education to blossoming creatives. About the partnership: Recently, The Creative Ladder announced a partnership with the investment app Robinhood. Together, the two will provide financial education tools to the organization's community. As part of the partnership, Robinhood will sponsor a four-part virtual workshop covering key financial topics. The program will kick off on September 20th with "First...
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Personal Finance

Comingle Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Basic Income App

by Kyle Burbank
An app aiming to create a community that provides unconditional income is currently in its crowdfunding phase. About the campaign: Earlier this week, Comingle launched its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The company is currently looking for supporters to contribute as little as $1 toward the app's goal of raising $75,000. As of this writing, Comingle was 44% of the way to that goal with a tally of more than $33,000...
Personal Finance

Point.Me Announces $10 Million Series A

by Kyle Burbank
A FinTech that makes it easier for flyers to find and book award travel has closed a fresh round of funding. About the round: This week, Point.Me announced that it had raised $10 million. The Series A was led by Thayer Ventures with participation from new investors PAR Capital Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, and MoreThanCapital, as well as returning investors Gaingels and ITA Software co-founders David Baggett and Carl de Marcken. Combined...
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Personal Finance

Aura Review: Personal Finance, Privacy, & Online Protection Tools

by Kyle Burbank
A few months back, I got an Amex Offer for a service called Aura — so, naturally, I decided to check it out. Funny enough, not long after joining, I went through a period where it seemed as though all my favorite YouTubers were doing sponsorships for the platform. This leads me to believe that more people are probably wondering exactly what Aura has to offer. With that in mind,...
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Personal Finance

Robinhood Wallet Adding Support for Ethereum Swaps and More

by Kyle Burbank
Robinhood Wallet has announced a number of new features coming to the Wallet app. About the updates: Robinhood's standalone, non-custodial crypto wallet app aptly called Wallet is expanding. First, the app will now support custody for Bitcoin and Dogecoin. This means that all users will now be able to send and receive these assets using Wallet. These two networks join those previously supported including Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, and Ethereum. Speaking...
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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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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...