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Sprint Will Take Over RadioShack Stores
A plan to salvage RadioShack by co-branding most of its 1,740 surviving stores with cellular phone provider Sprint, was approved by the US bankruptcy court on Tuesday. The remaining stores are less than half of a total of more than 4,000 that RadioShack had before going into bankruptcy in February. Founded in 1921, the chain was a…
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Amazon Dash Button, Buy Things Instantly With a Physical Button
This Dash Button is real apparently. You get a button from amazon. Stick it on your dishwasher. When you need more detergent, you press the button and the detergent is ordered. No computers involved, because even that, is now too long of a trip to buy something. The Dash Button can be stuck just about…
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Chase is Ending Lounge Club Membership Benefit on April 30th
I just received the letter in the mail last night, informing me that Chase is discontinuing Lounge Club memberships for Ink card holders. This has been talked about in the last few days, so it wasn’t a shock. But, it is a valuable benefit on top of the 5x points that the Ink cards offer.…
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Chime Offers Disappearing?
Apparently the Chime Card is pulling their offers for people that use them too often. TravelwithGrant reports that his offers do not show up anymore. There’s other reports of people having no offers at all on their Chime account. I checked my account and my offers are still there. I have a balance of $84…
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BA Avios Hacked, Check Your Accounts
Several BA accounts have been hacked and points have been used, so BA has preemptively drained the Avios out of many BA Avios accounts before more damage could be done. If you do have trouble logging into your account if your account shows an incorrect 0 balance you can call British Airways at 800-452-1201 to re-verify your identity…
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Discover it Secured Card Graduates To An Unsecured Card
Discover offers one of the best secured cards called the Discover it Secured Card. The card  has no annual fee and a very good rewards program (1% cash back on all purchases and 5% cash back in rotating categories). Apparently this Secured Card does graduate to an Unsecured Card, a regular Discover it card. The main…
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AMEX Business Platinum, No More 20% Off with “Pay With Points”
I just received a letter yesterday in the mail informing me that, effective July 1st, 2015, my American Express Business Platinum card will no longer receive 20% of Membership Rewards points back when booking a trip with American Express Travel using Pay with Points. This benefit was already removed from the personal platinum card. If you’re looking…
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Facebook Messenger to Allow For Real-Time Customer Service Chat
Facebook announced another innovation related to their Messenger. In an attempt to improve the way consumers and business interact, they will enable real-time conversations between the two. The initiative is a partnership with cloud-based customer service platform Zendesk. It will initially be just a pilot program with online retailers Everlane and Zulily. Consumers can now use Facebook Messenger to…
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AMEX To Fight Court Ruling That Would Let Retailers Encourage Use Of Competing Cards
Back in February, a federal court ruled that American Express merchant agreements violate antitrust laws, resulting in higher costs for consumers, by forbidding retailers that accept AmEx from encouraging customers to use competing cards like those from Visa, MasterCard, and Discover. Today, the credit card company’s CEO said the company is asking the court to…
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Chase and Wells Fargo Collect Voiceprints During Calls
Have you ever called a bank and heard “this call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes” before talking to a bank rep? So you already know that your bank is recording you, but you probably think that is just for service quality as the disclaimer says. Well, Chase and Wells Fargo are storing your biometric data too. The…
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Google Pony Express, Pay Bills From Gmail
Google is currently working on a project that will allow Gmail users to more easily receive bills in their email inbox instead of their mailbox. Called Pony Express, the service also is designed to let people pay their bills within Gmail, rather than having to go to a telecom or utility company’s website to complete…
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