Professor Cardworthy, the “Money Explainer” of all things financial, was resurrected by Senior Payments Analyst Robert McKinley, reprising his role first developed in 2007 as the actor in a series of 50 “Cardworthy” YouTube consumer instructional videos. The 2007 project was shelved while Mr. McKinley was in a cancer battle and later placed on hold…
Free tax filings were not widely known among low-to-medium income taxpayers as some commercial tax preparation services did their level best to hide them until the IRS got pissed. Trump’s trade war has made every American a loser to some degree, small to big, but nonetheless, losers. Despite demand for housing and low rate mortgages,…
Holiday retail sales solid, hitting projections of 3-4% growth over last year’s shopping season. Specialty apparel was the hottest online retail category. Gizmo sales were driven by Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote and Echo Show 5. The most read and most sold book in the U.S. during this holiday season was…
Midwest credit unions offer a balanced mix of points and cash-back for their credit card programs and 75% offer introductory rates ranging from 0% to 2.9% for the first six or twelve months. On the hole, credit unions in the Midwest states check off all the boxes when matched up to current credit card offerings…
Southern credit unions offer single digit interest rates and are nearly devoid of fees, except for reasonable late payment fees. Besides the extremely competitive pricing, nearly all credit unions in the South offer a rewards program and/or generous unlimited cash-back programs. From the huge Suncoast Credit Union in Florida to the tiny Bayer Heritage Federal…
Pacific coastal CUs (credit unions) all offer credit card rewards in some form as well as no annual fees, and mostly without any fees whatsoever. Simple pricing and simple choices are, well, simple. Of note is AlaskaUSA offering low fixed credit card interest rates on everything. BECU offers not only low long-term interest rate on…
Cash flow is the biggest ulcer for business owners and many say they would rather organize junk drawers, give up social media or trash their smartphone. Nearly half of small business owners say they would give up their favorite junk food for a year if it meant they didn’t have any cash flow issues for…
The Chase United Explorer Visa was picked by millennial travelers as their “Favorite Credit Card” for the second straight year. The card is a co-brand with United Airlines’ MileagePlus loyalty program, also crowned “Favorite Frequent-Flyer Program” for the fourth time. The Trazee Awards are hosted by trazeetravel.com for travelers 40 years and younger by the teams at…
Southwest higher altitude business card is offering a whopping 80K points sign-up bonus plus a 9K points card anniversary award. The 80K bonus points require a $5,000 card spend in the first three months. The new Southwest Rapid Rewards Performance Business Visa from Chase will set a standard in the very competitive business reward credit…
A lite Marriott Bonvoy Chase Visa card has been unveiled with less perks than the regular version, but with no-annual-fee, a bold move sure to rattle competition amongst rival co-branded travel reward credit cards. The new no-annual-fee Marriott Bonvoy Bold Chase Visa card will complement the recently introduced Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Chase Visa Signature card,…
