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Fidelity Card Will Lose Two Benefits, Add Two Travel Perks
Andrew Allen

Fidelity Card Will Lose Two Benefits, Add Two Travel Perks

By: Andrew Allen

Fidelity is changing its credit card program, with cardholders losing access to two benefits while picking up two others. The Fidelity Rewards Visa... Read More »

Citi Is Closing All Sunoco Credit Cards on Oct. 31
Lucy Lazarony

Citi Is Closing All Sunoco Credit Cards on Oct. 31

By: Lucy Lazarony

Time is running out for holders of two Citi-issued Sunoco credit cards. The Sunoco credit card and Sunoco Rewards credit card will close on Oct. 31, 2026... Read More »

Amex Hilton Transfer Bonus: Is 30% Actually a Good Deal?
Adam West

Amex Hilton Transfer Bonus: Is 30% Actually a Good Deal?

By: Adam West

Turning 100,000 Membership Rewards points into 260,000 Hilton points may look like an easy win. But a bigger pile of points is only as valuable as the stay... Read More »

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Delta Amex Welcome Offers Hit 200K Miles: Who Qualifies?
Adam West

Delta Amex Offers Hit 200K Miles, But Who Qualifies?

By: Adam West

A 200,000-mile bonus and first-ever flight certificates headline Delta’s new SkyMiles card offers, but not every applicant will qualify. On Aug. 27, Delta... Read More »

Most NFL Team Credit Cards Move From Visa to American Express
Andrew Allen

Most NFL Team Credit Cards Move From Visa to Amex

By: Andrew Allen

The NFL Extra Points Visa card is headed to the sidelines. Comenity Capital Bank will remain the issuer, and cardholders will keep their existing rewards... Read More »

Walmart Finally Adds Tap to Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay
Andrew Allen

Walmart Finally Adds Apple Pay in Tap-to-Pay Rollout

By: Andrew Allen

Walmart is finally tapping into tap to pay. The payment option began rolling out Aug. 24 at select Walmart and Sam’s Club locations, with a nationwide... Read More »

Security Flaw Can Bring Expired Visa Credit Cards Back to Life
Andrew Allen

Security Flaw Can Bring Expired Visa Cards Back to Life

By: Andrew Allen

That expired Visa card in your junk drawer may not be as dead as it looks. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that some expired... Read More »

Upgrade’s New OneCard Offers Four Ways to Pay and 3% Back
Andrew Allen

Upgrade’s New OneCard Gives Consumers Four Ways to Pay

By: Andrew Allen

One credit card bill could soon give cardholders four very different ways to pay. Upgrade’s newest credit card is designed to let cardholders decide how... Read More »

Carnival’s New Credit Card Earns 6X Points and Redeems Sooner
Lucy Lazarony

Carnival’s New Card Earns 6X Points and Redeems Sooner

By: Lucy Lazarony

Carnival cruisers will soon have more ways to earn points, and they won’t have to wait to begin cashing them in. Carnival Rewards launches Sept. 1 with a... Read More »

This Week in Credit Cards: Why Gen Z Is Paying the Amex Platinum Card’s $895 Fee
Andrew Allen

Why Gen Z Is Paying $895 for the Amex Platinum Card

By: Andrew Allen

“Time is on my side, yes it is,” Mick Jagger sang on a 1964 Rolling Stones recording. Jagger may not have the same perspective on time now that the modern... Read More »

New Krak Debit Card Pays 2% Cash Back, But Not to Everyone
Andrew Allen

Krak Debit Card Pays 2% Cash Back, But Not to Everyone

By: Andrew Allen

Krak, the fintech app from crypto exchange Kraken, has launched a U.S. debit card that lets cardholders earn up to 2% cash back on purchases. Consumers may... Read More »

Credit Card Balances Barely Rose. So Why Did Debt Surge?
Andrew Allen

Credit Card Balances Barely Rose. So Why Did Debt Surge?

By: Andrew Allen

Americans’ average credit card balance barely changed over the past year. So how did the nation pile on another $66 billion in card debt? The average... Read More »

NASCAR Is Getting a New Credit Card — What Fans Will Get
Andrew Allen

NASCAR’s New Card Offers Cash Back and Fan Perks

By: Andrew Allen

NASCAR fans will soon have a new way to earn cash back on select purchases while gaining early ticket access and exclusive race-day perks. The new... Read More »

PayPal Credit’s 6-Month Financing Comes With One Big Risk
Lucy Lazarony

PayPal’s 6-Month Financing Comes With One Big Risk

By: Lucy Lazarony

PayPal offers customers six months to pay off qualifying purchases without interest. But miss that deadline, and the deal can get expensive fast. Customers... Read More »

This Week in Credit Cards: American Express Tops Card Satisfaction as Financial Stress Deepens
Andrew Allen

Amex Tops Card Satisfaction as Financial Stress Deepens

By: Andrew Allen

More Americans are struggling financially, but that hasn’t knocked American Express from the top of the credit card rankings. Cardholders rated Amex higher... Read More »

Square Credit Card Adds 3% Cash Back, But There’s a Catch
Andrew Allen

Square Credit Card Adds 3% Cash Back, But There’s a Catch

By: Andrew Allen

Square’s revamped credit card offers small businesses 3% cash back on bill payments, but there’s a catch in the math. The fintech company announced this... Read More »

Chase Cardholders Can Score New Perks at Miami Heat Games
Andrew Allen

Chase Cardholders Can Score New Perks at Heat Games

By: Andrew Allen

Miami Heat games are about to come with extra perks for Chase cardholders, from early ticket access and arena discounts to a dedicated entrance. The... Read More »

Interchange Fight Grows as Three Senators Back Credit Card Bill
Andrew Allen

Three Senators Join Credit Card Interchange Fight

By: Andrew Allen

Three more senators have joined the fight over credit card interchange, giving new momentum to a bill that merchants say would save them billions of... Read More »

Rocket Mortgage’s Home Equity Fix for Credit Card Debt Could Put Homes at Risk
Andrew Allen

Rocket’s Credit Card Debt Fix May Put Homes at Risk

By: Andrew Allen

Rocket Mortgage is pitching homeowners a way out of high-interest credit card debt: Put their home equity to work. The national campaign, which kicked off... Read More »

This Week in Credit Cards: Bilt Error Hits 1,800+ Clients as Some Credit Scores Plunge
Andrew Allen

Bilt Error Hits 1,800+ Clients as Some Credit Scores Plunge

By: Andrew Allen

Roughly 1,850 Bilt cardholders saw their credit scores drop by 50 or more points following an erroneous credit reporting issue, according to a Wall Street... Read More »

Western Union Launches Stablecoin Visa Card in 37 Markets
Lucy Lazarony

Western Union Debuts a Stablecoin Visa Card

By: Lucy Lazarony

Western Union is putting its U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin in consumers’ digital wallets and pairing it with a new Visa card they can use around the world... Read More »

Kroger Credit Card Is Going Away: What Cardholders Lose
Andrew Allen

Kroger Credit Card Is Going Away: What Cardholders Lose

By: Andrew Allen

The Kroger Rewards Mastercard will soon check out of cardholders’ wallets for good, and those who used Kroger Pay to maximize rewards could see their cash... Read More »

AI Favors $400-Plus Credit Cards Over Fee-Free Options
Lucy Lazarony

AI Favors $400-Plus Credit Cards Over Fee-Free Options

By: Lucy Lazarony

Ask an AI engine which credit card is best, and the answers may steer you toward some of the market’s most expensive options. Premium credit cards with... Read More »

Citi Raises AAdvantage Card Fee to $695, Adds New Perks
Andrew Allen

Citi Raises AAdvantage Card Fee to $695, Adds New Perks

By: Andrew Allen

Citi’s premium American Airlines card is getting a $100 price hike — and a benefits package the bank says can deliver substantially more value. The Citi /... Read More »

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