Don’t Forget to Use Your Fee-Free Dollars at Plastiq

Over the next few months, Plastiq will begin enforcing its FFD expiry policy. As stated in our existing terms of service, FFDs expire 90 days after issuance unless there is account activity involving FFDs (i.e. a redemption or credit). Essentially, unused FFDs are designed to expire after 90 days. Currently, users can see the countdown to…

Plastiq Promo Issues Fixed

On Friday I wrote about a new Plastiq promotion that lowers the processing fee to just 1.5% for three payments made with any card, up to $10K each. This is a targeted promotion. But, some people had issues, even though they were targeted. Now Plastiq has reached out to confirm that the issues have been…

Alliant Cards No Longer Earning Cashback on Plastiq Payments

Alliant credit cards are lo longer earning rewards when making payments through . The Alliant Cashback Visa Signature card was a good option for these payments as it earned 3% cashback the first year and 2.5% after that. You can still use Alliant credit cards for Plastiq payments, but you just do not earn rewards.…

Another Round Of BlueBird/Serve Shutdowns

It’s been a while since the last time I wrote about Bluebird and Serve cards. My own cards were shutdown a few years ago. Now it seems there’s a new round of emails, telling people that their cards have been frozen. Here’s the text of the email: We are writing to let you know that…

[Dead] New Plastiq Promo, 1.5% Fee for Mastercard Payments

Update 4/29/2019: This was apparently a promotion targeted at specific users and shouldn’t have been working for everyone. Fee should be back up to 2.5% for most people. Plastiq has a new promotion, with a discount on the processing fee for paying bills with a Mastercard credit card. Instead of the regular 2.5% fee, you…