Walgreens is partnering with Synchrony and Mastercard to launch new credit cards. In the coming months, Walgreens will launch credit cards, issued by Synchrony, as well as a prepaid debit card, both of which will be powered by the Mastercard network.
If you take a credit card out of your wallet right now, most likely it will have the logo of one of the four major credit card processors. Those are Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.
As the pandemic is putting a financial strain on millions of Americans, Discover has introduced a new redemption option for Discover it Miles cardmembers. If you have the card, you can use miles to pay your bill, including their minimum payment.
Now USALLIANCE Visa Signature cardholders have been notified that the 3X earning will be lowered to 2X in February of this year.
Your Card Account is eligible to receive statement credits of up to $250 per calendar year for Travel Purchases made by the Primary cardmember or Authorized Users and which appear on your billing statement during that calendar year (“Travel Credit”).
American Express customers should be on alert. A hacker has posted data of 10,000 American Express credit card holders on a hacker forum for free. In the same forum post, the actor claims to sell even more data of banking customers of American Express, Santander, and Banamex.
The deal includes cxLoyalty’s leading technology platforms, full service travel agency, gift card, merchandise, and points bank businesses.
Barclays is letting cardholder use their miles for gas station, restaurant, and grocery store purchases through 1/31/21.
Usually this works as four installments spread over six weeks with no interest, instead of paying for an item right away. But if you extend your payment period, it could get costly.
PayPal has sent out emails to customers to let them know that American Express will no longer be accepted as a payment method starting on January 4.
Chase, the largest co-brand card issuer, and Air Canada, Canada’s largest airline and a Star Alliance founding member, have announced a strategic partnership that will make Chase the exclusive issuer of the airline’s Aeroplan U.S. credit card.
American Express has an offer for current Hilton and Hilton Surpass cardholders to upgrade to the Hilton Aspire card. The great thing about this upgrade offer is that you will not pay a fee for the first year and will pay a small fee the second year.
People that have been shut down by American Express today have received automated emails informing them that all their accounts have been closed and they are no longer a customer. That effectively ends your relationship with American Express.
Some cardholders who have called in to downgrade to the Chase Sapphire Preferred, have been offered a $150 retention bonus for keeping their Chase Sapphire Reserve card for another year. This is a card that has a $450 annual fee, so $150 would lower the fee to $300.
Starting today Capital One is temporarily expanding redemption options for Venture customers through April 30, 2021. This is an effort to make Capital One miles useful during the coronavirus pandemic when most people are stuck indoors.
Sellers download an app, supported by their acquirer, and after registering and selecting their participating bank, the sellers can start accepting contactless payments in just a few minutes. Buyers just tap their Visa cards to the merchants’ phone to complete the transaction.
Chase has just introduced a new offer where Chase Ink, Sapphire and Freedom cardmembers can redeem points worth up to 50% more when purchasing Apple products with Ultimate Rewards points.
I noticed this in my American Express Cash Magnet® Card account. I haven’t used the card in months and had less than a $40 Reward Dollars Balance. Then, in the last couple of days that balance jumped close to about $565.