Credit Cards
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Affirm to Launch ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Debit Card
The Affirm Card will allow consumers to pay upfront, from their bank account, or pay later, by using a unique post-purchase feature. In just a couple of taps, consumers will be able to instantly convert any eligible transaction into one that is pay-over-time.
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CFPB Looking Into American Express Sales Practices for Consumer Cards
While some information about the investigation into the business credit card sale was already known, the consumer cards part is new.
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Chase Now Lets You Add Business Cards to Digital Wallets
Chase sent out emails this morning, informing business credit card customers that they can finally add their Chase business cards to mobile wallets.
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Mastercard Debuts NextGen Contactless Technology for Quantum World
Mastercard has announced that it is applying the latest quantum-resistant technologies to develop the next generation of contactless payments.
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Bank of America Sending Out 1099s for Credit Card Bonuses
Financial institutions will issue a 1099 when you earn a bank bonus, even if the bonus is in the form of miles or points. A 1099 is also issued for referral bonuses for credit cards.
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Chase Changes Definition of “Cash-like Transactions”
The email informs Chase customers of changes to the Card Agreement. The update includes changes to the minimum payment calculations and amendments to the Interest-Free Period and Cash-like Transactions.
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Walgreens to Launch New Credit Cards Later this Year
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.
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How Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover Differ Plus Acceptance and Best Offers
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.
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Discover it Miles Cardholders Have a New Way to Use Miles
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.
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USAlliance 3% Visa Signature Card to Change to 2% in February
Now USALLIANCE Visa Signature cardholders have been notified that the 3X earning will be lowered to 2X in February of this year.
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Citi Prestige $250 Travel Credit Now Based Strictly on Calendar 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”).
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American Express Card Numbers and Personal Information Exposed for Mexican Cardholders
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.
