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10 Most Influential Credit Card Experts for 2023

By: Mike Senecal, 11/9/2023

The more you know, right? There's plenty of credit card help available online — and plenty of expertise to draw on. If you're on a journey to learn more about the financial services industry in general and credit cards in particular, it's a great idea to mesh with an expert to gain wisdom. We like to think we know a little about credit cards, and we credit the individuals on this merit-based list of the 10 most influential credit card experts. So sit down with a screen and dig... read more »

A Personalized Comparison Engine and Ratings Help creditcardGenius Match Consumers With Ideal Cards

By: Andrew Allen, 7/24/2023

Choosing the right credit card is an important decision, but it’s not an easy one. The credit card market offers card seekers so many different options that it can lead to analysis paralysis. The creditcardGenius card comparison engine is a fun and intuitive tool that matches prospective cardholders with the right card for them. creditcardGenius and its partner site moneyGenius also provide numerous financial education tools and resources aimed at boosting overall... read more »

APMEX and OneGold’s Bullion Card is the First Credit Card to Offer Precious Metal Rewards

By: Andrew Allen, 7/13/2023

OneGold offers a variety of ways for investors to directly own gold, silver, and platinum. The Bullion Card enables cardholders to accrue precious metal rewards through everyday purchases with a higher rewards percentage on gold and silver purchased on OneGold.com and APMEX.com. Precious metals hedge against inflation and are a valuable component of any diversified portfolio. The process of buying and selling precious metals is made simple with OneGold. Prospectors... read more »

Zolve’s Credit Building Card Helps Consumers Access Financial Services and Earn Rewards

By: Mike Senecal, 4/19/2023

International students and professionals who move to the US to work or study must start from scratch financially, even when they have good credit scores back home. US citizens new to financial services overcoming setbacks must also build credit to access financial services. Everyone who lives and works in the US can use Zolve's Credit Building Card to build a credit score while earning up to 10% cash back rewards. Zolve's Credit Building Card is a product for... read more »

Mercury Financial Offers Near-Prime Borrowers Credit Access with a Prime-Level Experience

By: Mike Senecal, 5/8/2023

In the highly competitive fintech credit space, Mercury Financial reaches out to a near-prime audience with prime-level products and services. It offers cards without annual or setup fees, flexible payment options, and first-class benefits and rewards. A friendly mobile app includes tips and tools to help customers maximize their credit. High-level data analytics enables the team to offer the best opportunities to more customers. And a purpose-driven approach to business... read more »

Grain Links Debit to Credit Lines and Monitors Spending to Help Users Build a Positive Credit History

By: Jon McDonald, 2/28/2023

When consumers start their credit journey from scratch or need to rebuild after a setback, achieving a good score is a challenge. Grain is an app that offers a novel solution for overcoming credit access barriers. It links an existing debit card to a line of credit based on consumer spending patterns without a credit check. Tools within the app help users monitor credit utilization and payment activity. It also helps mitigate overdrafts in their linked accounts,... read more »

Banking-as-a-Service Platform Bond Enables Fast Time to Market for Brands Seeking Embedded Credit Solutions

By: Sean Roderick, 1/11/2023

Bond is a leading banking-as-a-service platform that provides software and fintech businesses with APIs and program management to offer integrated financial products to their customers. Unlike other solution providers, Bond provides a single platform which enables a faster product launch time, no need to engage and sign with different sub-providers. The company offers a wide range of financial services products, including virtual and physical commercial charge cards that... read more »

Imprint Creates Branded Credit and Rewards Cards that Boost Customer Loyalty

By: Adam West, 12/12/2022

Imprint is a modern branded card and rewards company. It enables company partners to offer their customers credit cards with higher credit limits and incremental rewards, as well as rewards cards that consumers can access with either a physical card or a mobile app. Both cards can be added to digital wallets so customers can pay in-store or online. Ultimately, Imprint’s goal is to develop stronger relationships between companies and their consumers by devising useful... read more »

Cardless Drives Loyalty Through Digital-First, Branded Cards and Unique Customer Experiences

By: Brandon Rossman, 5/19/2022

Cardless is an evolution to how we see credit cards. The company works with some of the biggest sports teams and airlines in the world to offer cardholders intimate experiences and relationships with the brands they love. Cardless members can redeem points for free tickets and merchandise, and earn entries to giveaways for several once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Cardless is looking to expand to more teams and brands outside of sports, including airlines. The company is... read more »

Paceline Helps Cardholders Supercharge Health and Wellness Rewards by Meeting Exercise Goals

By: Brandon Rossman, 4/13/2022

Paceline rewards its members’ healthy habits with a rewards card that offers 5% unlimited cash back on health and wellness purchases at grocery stores, pharmacies, gyms, and more when they work out weekly (hitting 150 minutes of elevated heart rate). When members hit their workout streak, they also earn 3% unlimited cash back for all other eligible purchases. If you miss your weekly exercise streak, those cash back are 3% on health and wellness spend, 1.5% for... read more »

Financial Freedom Guru Helps Consumers Leverage Credit Cards and Financial Products to Build Wealth

By: Adam West, 1/12/2022

Financial Freedom Guru has easy-to-follow guides to help people at all income levels become more financially secure. The guides do not use clickbait or flashy headlines to lure you in. Instead, they propose attainable goals and methods on how to achieve them. Financial Freedom Guru provides the tools — from lessons on how to take advantage of specific credit card benefits to tips on how to fly in business class for cheap — to help anyone make smart financial... read more »

Laurel Road Refinances Student Loans and Offers a Cashback Card to Help Subsidize Payments

By: Adam West, 12/14/2021

Recent college graduates are increasingly deferring milestones like home ownership and marriage because so many of them are saddled with large amounts of student loan debt. Since 2013, Laurel Road has helped thousands of professionals consolidate and refinance more than $9 billion in student loans on terms that better fit their lifestyles and goals. As a growing full-service banking and lending platform, Laurel Road also offers the Student Loan Cashback Card, which earns... read more »

Ari Socolow of BestCashCow on the Competitive Card Market and How Issuers Can Deliver More Value

By: Adam West, 9/1/2021

Since 2005, millions have turned to BestCashCow to make the most of their money. Along with authoritative rates and info on savings accounts, CDs, and mortgages, among other financial instruments, BestCashCow also features insights from Chief Economist Ari Socolow, whose pronouncements lately have been about the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In my discussion with him, Socolow charts pandemic-related changes in the credit card industry that are creating new... read more »

Discount Tire’s Credit Card Offers Interest-Free Payment Options and Perks at 250,000+ Gas Stations

By: Adam West, 8/10/2021

Discount Tire provides customers with efficient tire and wheel installation, and maintenance at nearly 1,100 locations in the U.S. The company also offers consumers payment flexibility with its no-annual-fee credit card issued in partnership with Synchrony. Cardholders receive deals, rebates, and even flexible interest-free repayment options based on the total amount financed. And the Discount Tire credit card is accepted at more than 250,000 gas stations nationwide,... read more »

An ADAA Expert Weighs in on the Impacts of Credit Card Debt and Stress During the COVID-19 Crisis

By: Matt Walker, 10/19/2020

Concerns about financial matters can lead to elevated stress levels, particularly in times of great economic hardship. We spoke with psychiatrist Michael S. Ziffra of Northwestern University in Chicago and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) to understand more about the connection between stress and finance, and how it can lead to more serious conditions. Ziffra explained that in times of uncertainty, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, people can... read more »

An ACFE Expert Weighs in on Training and Resources that Can Help Identify Credit Card Fraud and Protect Merchants and Cardholders

By: Adam West, 10/19/2020

Cash has become an afterthought for a growing number of consumers, and businesses that don't accept credit cards may have trouble attracting new customers. But with every card transaction comes the potential for fraud — both for companies and cardholders. For more than 30 years, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) has offered training and certifications for building expertise in the prevention of all types of fraud. ACFE Senior Researcher Mason Wilder... read more »

Petal Goes Beyond Credit Histories to Provide Consumers with a No-Fee Credit Card that Paves the Way to Financial Success

By: Adam West, 10/19/2020

The most significant benefits of credit are generally reserved for people who are already financially successful. Consumers establishing their credit and those recovering from financial setbacks tend to get higher interest rates and fees and lower credit limits. But Petal is changing that. Using AI and machine learning, the Petal platform analyzes the customer's entire financial record, not just a credit score. The result is often a better deal — in the form of higher... read more »

United Bank Delivers Leading-Edge Credit Card Products to Consumers and Businesses in New England While Maintaining a Personal Touch

By: Adam West, 10/19/2020

With roots stretching back more than 160 years, United Bank now operates nearly 60 branches in communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. United Bank owes its longevity to its personalized approach to banking that fulfills the needs of consumers and businesses. The organization matches its customers with the financial tools they need to succeed, and its consumer and business credit card products have nothing to envy those offered by the largest Wall... read more »

9 Best Loans & Credit Cards: 500-550 Score (Dec. 2023)

By: Ashley Fricker, 11/27/2023

Despite the fact that it's often referred to in the singular, you actually have dozens of credit scores. That said, the most prevalent credit scoring model currently used is FICO Score 8. The FICO Score 8 model operates on a scale of 300 to 850, with 850 being the best possible score. While this may make it seem as though a 500 to 550 credit score puts you near the middle, the average FICO Score in the US is actually above 700 — and everything under 580 is firmly in "bad credit"... read more »

The Abt Credit Card: Flexible Financing Plans Provide a Top Funding Option for Any Household Need

By: Ray FitzGerald, 1/31/2018

In February of 2017, I purchased a home that is considerably larger than the one I’d recently sold. As a self-proclaimed tech-geek, my first concern was extending a wireless internet signal throughout the home and yard — because who doesn’t need internet access in their yard? Determined to outfit the house with a Google WiFi system, I took to the web and searched dozens of digital storefronts only to find the product out of stock at each one. Several resellers offered... read more »

Putting Union Families First — Union Plus Acts as a Financial Partner to 1+ Million Members with Hardship Help & a Trio of Credit Card Options

By: Ray FitzGerald, 10/19/2020

Millions of card-carrying union members go to work each day in America. Not only is membership a source of pride, but it’s also a strong layer of protection for your ongoing employment. Union Privilege is a nonprofit formed by the AFL-CIO in 1986 to provide Union Plus benefits to union members beyond those offered through their jobs. Membership is free to union members and, in many cases, their families, and includes a tremendous hardship grant (at no extra cost) that... read more »

Arizona-Based Vantage West Credit Union Offers Members Two Standout Visa® Credit Cards with Competitive Rewards & Low Interest Rates

By: Ray FitzGerald, 10/19/2020

Southern Arizona natives already know Vantage West Credit Union as the largest member-owned financial institution in the region. Now, thanks to two generous rewards-based credit cards, members have even more to love about the credit union. Its most recent offering, the Vantage West Connect Rewards Visa Signature, boasts a generous rewards program with 5X points on a category of each member’s choosing, 3X on gas, 2X on groceries, and 1X on everything else. For members... read more »

Municipal Credit Union’s Low-Rate & Cash Back Rewards Cards Support Every Consumer’s Credit & Spending Needs

By: Adam West, 10/19/2020

As part of its commitment to serving more than 400,000 members, Municipal Credit Union offers a variety of credit cards for consumers with any type of credit score. The institution's offerings not only have some of the lowest interest rates on the market and great benefits, they are available to those with excellent credit as well as those with blemished or no credit history. Based on customer feedback, MCU added its new TRUE Rewards Cash Back Visa to go beyond its... read more »

CreditDonkey Offers Consumers & Businesses Advice on Choosing Credit Cards & Investment Opportunities that Best Meet Their Needs

By: Sean Garrity, 10/19/2020

Studies show the number of people looking for sound, professional financial advice has been growing for years. Though navigating the vast maze of financial services online can seem daunting, CreditDonkey is a centralized location where consumers can find the resources they need to increase financial literacy. CreditDonkey offers credit card and broker comparison tools to help people make informed decisions on the cards and investments right for them. The goal is to... read more »

6 Best Credit Cards for PPC & Google Adwords (Dec. 2023)

By: Toby Sembower, 11/25/2023

If you or your business plan on doing a ton of online advertising — be it pay-per-click (PPC), native, display or otherwise — choosing the right credit card can make a world of difference. Keep reading for our choices for the six best credit cards for PPC and Google Adwords. After all, why charge $50,000/month in Google Adwords spending to a debit card when you could earn $1,000/month back on that instead? Why cut Bing Adcenter a check each month when using an air miles card... read more »

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