Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

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Personal finance and money management can be very confusing. Most people know that optimizing their finances is important but few feel confident that they have the knowledge to do so.

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Neobank Aspiration Names Olivia Albrech as New CEO

Since its founding in 2013, the environmentally-minded neobank Aspiration has undergone many changes. Along the way, the company has also seen significant investments from such celebs as Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Downey Jr., raising $250 million to date. Now, the company is undergoing another big change as a new leader is stepping up. Recently, Aspiration announced that Olivia Albrecht had been named as Chief Executive Officer and will join the company's...
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FinTech API Astra Raises $10 Million Series A

A startup that looks to make ACH transfers better for all involved has just closed a significant investment round. Recently, Astra announced that it had raised $10 million. The Series A was led by FPV Ventures, while Slow Ventures and Allegis Capital also participated. In addition to the equity round, the FinTech secured a $30 million line of credit through CoVenture. With this line of credit included, Astra has now raised a total of $56.2...
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IRS Announces 2023 Tax Brackets Amid Inflation

With 2023 now within view, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the tax brackets that will be used for the new tax year. While these adjustments are an annual tradition, this round of increases comes after a year where inflation has topped 8%. In turn, this latest round of raises is larger than usual. Across the board, brackets were adjusted by about 7%. In comparison, the change between 2021...
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Apple Card to Offer High-Yield Savings Account

One of the largest companies in the world is set to introduce a new financial tool to its millions of customers. This week, Apple announced that it would soon be launching a high-yield savings accounts for Apple Card customers. Once it debuts, cardholders will be able to automatically deposit the Daily Cash they earn from their Apple Card purchases into their savings account. Additionally, customers will be able to deposit...
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Year over Year Inflation is Highest in These U.S. Cities

Following a tumultuous two years that saw the United States economy crater before building back in the face of a pandemic, the biggest economic story of the past several months has been inflation. According to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 8.2% between September 2021 and September 2022 on a national scale. However, in some cities around the country, the rate of inflation...
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Current Banking App Adds Cryptocurrency Trading

It wasn't that long ago that buying and selling cryptocurrencies required consumers to navigate a number of unfamiliar platforms and systems. However, that has long since changed with the advent of Coinbase and, later, the integration of crypto trading into other popular FinTech offerings. The latest example of the latter comes from Current, which will now allow customers to buy and sell select cryptocurrency assets. This week, Current debuted its...
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Money at 30: How I Keep Track of All My Banking Accounts

As I've lamented before, being a reviewer of FinTech apps and other offerings, I have far too many banking accounts. Granted, with yet another tool I've reviewed recently announcing its shutdown, occasionally my list starts to dwindle. And, yet, there's always another new account I find to take its place. Knowing about my dilemma, friends of mine have often asked how I keep track of all of these accounts. After...
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FinTech Upgrade Now in Top 25 U.S. Credit Card Issuers

Nearly three years ago, Upgrade debuted its first credit card offering aptly named Upgrade Card. Since then, the company has regularly added to its slate of cards, landing it a spot on the list of the Top 50 U.S. Credit Card Issuers according to a Nilson Report. Now, the October 2022 edition of that list finds Upgrade moving from the top 50 to the top 25. Not only did Upgrade...
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2025 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

 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

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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Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

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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Bilt Adds 2 New Transfer Partners Including First 3:2 Transfer Rate

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

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,...