Category: Personal Finance
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Personal Finance
Robinhood to Launch Retirement Investment Accounts
Over the years, fans of the FinTech app Robinhood have gained a reputation (accurate or not) for being risky and impulsive market players. However, the company will soon look to promote long-term investments by introducing retirement accounts on the platform. During a third quarter earnings conference call with investors, co-founder CEO Vlad Tenev formally announced plans to roll out Robinhood Retirement accounts soon. Specifically, Teniv stated that the company is...
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Alaska Airlines and Lyft Announce Partnership, Miles Promotion
With the holiday travel season on the horizon, Alaska Airlines and Lyft have announced a new partnership that will allow riders to add to their Mileage Plana accounts. Through December 31st, customers who link their Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and Lyft account can earn 2 miles per dollar spent on Lyft rides. After that date, the regular earning rate of 1 mile per dollar spent will be implemented. Rewards can...
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"Smart Wallet" Tool Kudos Raises $7 Million
A FinTech that aims to help online shoppers choose the best credit card for their purchase has just raised a significant early funding round. Recently, Kudos announced that it had raised $7 million as it launches its "smart wallet" browser extension. The seed round was led by Patron and included participation from QED Investors, SciFi VC, SV Angel, Precursor Ventures, Newtype Ventures, and Chingona Ventures. More than 40 angel investors...
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Upgrade Introduces Premier Savings Account with 3.50% APY
Throughout this year, interest rates have skyrocketed thanks to a series of aggressive moves from the Federal Reserve. While this is bad news for those borrowing funds, it also means that the interest consumers are earning from savings accounts has also been on an upward swing. Now, the FinTech Upgrade is unveiling a high-yield savings account with one of the highest APYs available. Upgrade has launched its Premier Savings account,...
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Amazon to Add Venmo Payment Option Ahead of Black Friday
Those shopping online this holiday season could see a new payment option pop up on an uber-popular retail site. Today, Amazon announced that it would soon offer Venmo as a payment option on its site and within its mobile app. While this feature will begin to be available to select users starting today, the company expects it to be open to all customers in the United States by Black Friday....
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Money at 30: "The Winning Playbook" Book Review
Earlier this summer, I opened my email to find an unsolicited PDF copy of an upcoming book in my inbox. Well, it was upcoming back then but, now, The Winning Playbook: Strategies For Life On And Off The Field by authors Rob Welsh and Jonathan Ray Scott is available to all. So, with the football season (and, in turn, my fantasy football season) now well underway, I decided to spend...
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