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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…
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The Worst Credit Card I have in my Wallet
I have a lot of personal and business credit cards, just like many of my readers. One of my oldest cards is one that I doubt any of you have. the PayPal Extras Mastercard. The only reason I still have it, is because it is my second oldest card and it doesn’t have an annual…
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Costco Teams Up With Citi for Visa Credit Card
We wrote a few weeks ago about the end of the Costco-Amex partnership. We expected Costco to add one of the main credit cards as their new partners and now they have announced that they has reached an agreement with Citi for a new co-branded Visa credit card program, at its U.S. stores starting on…
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Evolve Money Changes
Evolve Money sent out another email explaining their recent changes. There’s no big surprises here. You will get charged 3% fee on all credit cards, gift cards and prepaid debit cards. The single payment limit has been increased to $2,999 when paying with credit or debit cards and now make up to 4 payments by card per month…
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WilliamPaid Shuts Down
WilliamPaid will be shutting down. You can’t create new accounts anymore, and you wouldn’t need to anyway. They will stop processing rent payments at 11:59PM CST, March 5, 2015, even for existing customer. Here’s their notice. Dear WilliamPaid Customers, After 5 years, it is with deep regret that we share with you that WilliamPaid will stop processing…
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AMEX to Raise Interest Rates by 2.5%
American Express credit cards with get a bit more expensive, if you carry a balance. AmEx lost one of its biggest retailer partnerships (No more AmEx cards at Costco U.S. stores next year) and suffered a defeat in an antitrust lawsuit this month. To make up for those losses, it is raising interest rates on a swath of…
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DOT Will NOT Enforce Ticket Bought During that United Mistake Fare
The DoT has announced that it will not be enforcing United tickets bought with Danish Kroner on February 11th. We covered that mistake fare extensively here and this was not something unexpected. DOT decision on Feb. 11 exchange rate error On February 11, 2015, a currency exchange-rate error in 3rd party software supplied to United…
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Evolve Money, 3% Fee Starts Tomorrow
I just received an email from Evolve. We already knew this was happening, as we posted the news last week. But now they have a set date, and today is the last day to use your debit and gift cards without a fee. They also note that there will be increased limits soon. Dear Valued…
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Qantas, Now a Citi ThankYou Rewards Transfer Partner
Citi ThankYou Rewards has added another name to their partner list, Qantas. ThankYou Rewards expanded its transfer options last summer with 9 new partners and now they probably have the most impressive name yet. You can now do 1:1 point transfers from ThankYou Rewards to Qantas Frequent Flyer. I flew with Qantas last year and I was very impressed. They have…
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Visa Discounts website, GC Reselling Opportunities?
Check out this Visa Discounts website. It is similar to American Express sync offers, but works like a portal. They have a lot of participating merchants and they will either apply the discount directly of give you a coupon code. I haven’t had the time to look through all the merchants, but there is some gift card reselling…
