There’s a few data points showing that some airline gift card purchases are not triggering the Amex credits. There’s still gift card purchases that are working fine, so this is not the end of the world.
American Express is sending 1099s for those who have received referrals. This hasn’t been the case in the past.
Mastercard announced a new policy that will require merchants to get authorization from you before charging you recurring payments for subscriptions.
JPMorgan, Citigroup, American Express and other large banks are discussing how to cut back or rejigger some of their cards’ rewards. They want to encourage more card usage and scale back upfront bonuses.
The technology, known as dynamic card verification, has an electronic ink display screen that generates a new CVV number at regular intervals throughout the day.
Hilton points can be redeemed at Amazon. That’s not talked about much and for good reason. You get a value of just 0.2 cents per point when using them that way, which considerably less than the 0.4 cents per point that it’s the average valuation for Hilton points. But on some occasions we have seen…
Synchrony issues the Stash Hotel Rewards Visa Card. I have covered the card in the past, when they had a 50K bonus that turned out to be a targeted offer 10K bonuses were issued instead. Now Synchrony and Stach Hotels are ending their partnership. The agreement between Synchrony and Stash for the Stash Hotel Rewards…
Chase is teaming up with Visa to bring tap to pay to the industry’s largest portfolio of credit cards. In the coming months, millions of Chase customers will be able to save valuable time by completing a transaction with a single tap. Starting later this year, Chase customers will receive new contactless Visa cards on…
There’s a few data points showing the people are getting turned down for the Chase Hyatt card for being over 5/24.
There’s a lot of credit cards out there and the number keeps constantly growing. You might worry that they will run out of numbers one day. Maybe we’ll need to make them with 20 digits? Let’s look at what’s in a card number first and then see if they will run out any time soon.…
Walmart has filed a lawsuit against Synchrony Financial, its credit card issuer for many years.
Ride sharing apps are entering the credit card game. Uber released its own card lat last year, issued by Barclays. It was actually a better than expected product, with 4% back on dining and 3% on hotels and airfare. Now Lyft has announced its own credit card. It was already known that they were looking…
The Petal card that offers a no-fee credit line to people without a credit history, is now publicly available. The card launched earlier this year with a few thousand customers that have trialed the company’s credit card in a pre-release. Petal uses information from a customer’s bank account and payments to develop a credit score for…
Chase has added a new feature for its credit card customers. Cardholders will now have the option to lock and unlock their cards immediately. The new feature has been added on the Chase website and app. If a credit card is locked, it stops purchases, cash advances and balance transfers on the account. It’s a…
Credit freezes at the three major credit-reporting bureaus will be free across the U.S. starting today, September 21st, after a new federal law took effect.