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Facebook Messenger Adds FREE Peer-to-Peer Payments
This is an interesting development from Facebook. Facebook users can now send money to one another through the Messenger app. A dollar sign icon shows up above the keyboard which opens a payments screen where users can type the amount they wish to send.  Facebook lets users add a debit card to their account which is used to fund…
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AmEx MR Redemption Changes Starting on 06/28/2015
American Express are making changes to the value you receive when you redeem Membership Rewards points. These are not any major changes and they won’t affect their travel partners. The changes will take effect on 06/28/2015.
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No More Visa, MasterCard & Discover Loads for Serve
Amex Serve won’t allow anymore loads online using a credit card issued by Visa, MasterCard and Discoverstarting on April 16th. They added the following wording to their terms. Starting April 16, 2015 you will only be able to use an American Express® Card if you want to load your account with a credit card. Discover, MasterCard and Visa…
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Google Flights will now show you which flights have Wi-Fi
Never get stuck in a plane without Wifi. Google Flights now shows you which flights have it and which flights don’t, so you won’t carry all your gadgets with you, just to find out that they are useless up in the air. Google Flight Search starting offering the service after a partnership with Routehappy. Routehappy is a…
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Apple Watch Will Change the Way We Travel?
Apple watch was unveiled yesterday and it looks amazing. It can be your for anything between $350 and $10,000. It also comes with a lot of apps and there’s many apps that will make traveling easier. Being in a different country or city, it is sometimes confusing but the Apple Watch owners will be better…
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Top 3 Credit Reporting Agencies Reach Settlement on Medical Debt
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reached a settlement with the three biggest U.S. credit-reporting agencies in a deal that will change the way they handle errors and treat medical debt. Under the agreement, set to be announced on Monday, Equifax Information Services LLC, Experian Information Solutions Inc and TransUnion LLC, will be more proactive…
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No Changes To AmEx Serve with Softcard Accounts
We talked about the Softcard shut down and many were probably wondering about the fate of their AmEx Serve Cards. American Express has answered that question and you don’t need to wories as there are no changes coming to your Serve. You may have seen the recent announcement that the Softcard app is being discontinued.…
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GoWallet App Now Allows Gift Card Exchanges
Blackhawk Network, Inc., a leading prepaid and payments network, announced that it is now enabled with exchange services, which allows users to instantly sell their retail, restaurant and a large variety of other brands’ gift cards. Blackhawk owns GiftCardMall, Cardpool and GoWallet, a website which allows you to track the balances of certain gift cards. The GoWallet…
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APPROVED for Chase Ink Plus, After a Phone Call
I applied for the Chase Ink Plus Business Card a week ago, while the 60K point bonus was still available. After completing the application, I was told that I would be contacted in about a week with a decision. Following my own tips, I put together some talking points and I called Chase. The call…
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Softcard Shutting Down, Google Wallet Will Replace It
Softcard mobile wallet system will be killed off permanently on March 31st. Confirmation of Softcard’s demise follows major news last month, when Google announced a deal with three of the four major US carriers that will result in Google Wallet being preloaded onto future Android smartphones. All existing Softcard user accounts will be closed on March…
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AmEx Shutting Down REDbird Accounts? (Possible Hoax)
Here’s another scare regarding your REDbird (Target AmEx REDcard). There’s a few people claiming to have received emails from American Express with notices of account shutdowns. A reader in flyertalk forums was apparently the first to report such an email, but there’s been some other reports as well.
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All-In-One Stratos Card
An All-In-One Card enables you to carry all your cards without carrying all your cards. You connect all your credit cards, loyalty cards and various other cards that and just carry this one card that contains all the data you need. Stratos card is one of these cards. The card isn’t available yet, but it should be in April of…