April 2010

Citibank Now Offering 0% APR for Up to 18 Months!

April 29, 2010

Credit card issuers are facing a big problem as the economy continues to struggle. They have plenty of money from the Federal Reserve’s “easy money” policies, but there is a lack of demand for loans from qualified American consumers. This means amazing deals on introductory APRs abound out there. The best deals we’ve seen so [...]

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Citibank Slaps Idle Accounts With Bullsh*t Fee. Stephanie Fights Back.

April 29, 2010

Ever since the CARD Act went into effect, Citibank seems to be going out their way to get negative press for their treatment of customers. Last week, The Consumerist called them out with the article, Citibank Celebrates Record Profits By Treating Customers Like Deadbeats. And a couple of months ago, Ismat Mangla at Money wrote [...]

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Check Out This Week’s Personal Finance Carnivals

April 28, 2010

The Money Hacks Carnival is being hosted at Learn Save Invest this week. Keep an eye out for next week, when yours truly will be passed the hosting baton. Here’s a quick selection of our favs from outside the world of credit cards: Jeff Rose at GoodFinancialCents.com detailing Roth IRA Eligibility Guidelines Personal Finance Ninja [...]

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PenFed is Sweetening the Travel Rewards Pot With “Amazing Escapes”

April 24, 2010

It seems like Pentagon Federal is taking advantage of its relationship with American Express to offer the types of deals you typically don’t see with other credit unions. Credit union credit cards are typically known for no-frills, low fees, and basic rewards programs. Since they don’t view their cards as profit centers like the bigger [...]

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Business Credit Card Round-Up (65 Offers Made Easy)

April 22, 2010
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We’re expanding our horizons! NerdWallet now lists a whopping 65 credit cards aimed at small business owners. So if you’ve got your own hustle, we’ve got a card for you. We ran all of them through the NerdWallet calculators to see how they stack up in terms of (i) rewards, (ii) low APR deals, and [...]

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Good Financial Cents Interviews NerdWallet

April 20, 2010

I recently had the pleasure of discussing NerdWallet, as well as a few other topics, with Jeff Rose over at Good Financial Cents. Jeff is an Independent Financial Advisor who writes a great personal finance blog.

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It’s Carnival of Personal Finance Monday

April 19, 2010

This week is brought to you by Punch Debt in the Face, which also happens to be one of the funniest blog names I’ve ever seen. He’s calling it the Demotivational Version because of the lovely selection of corresponding graphics he has alongside the articles. Even if you don’t plan to read any of them, [...]

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NerdWallet Foreign Transaction Fee Survey, Euros

April 17, 2010

Update: Survey is over and the results are in! Check them out here… I’d like to thank the participants in last week’s Hong Kong Dollar Foreign Transaction Fee survey. The results are still rolling in, but so far the conclusion is that for fixed currencies, the foreign transaction fee operates as expected. With 2 notable [...]

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PenFed Drops Foreign Transaction Fee from Travel Rewards American Express

April 16, 2010

There are few options out there for travelers who want a credit card with no foreign transaction fee. The only options before today were Capital One, Schwab Invest First Visa (now discontinued), PenFed Promise, and HSBC’s Premier card which requires a deposit of $100,000 to qualify for. On April 16 2010, PenFed is dropping the [...]

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Schwab Discontinues Invest First Visa, But Other 2% Cards Abound

April 16, 2010
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Update (9/15/2010): For those still lucky enough to be have one, keep an eye out for changes to the Schwab Visa terms starting in October. We are sad to see the 2% Schwab Visa card officially expire, but thankfully there are many other 2% options out there. In November 2009, Schwab stopped widely offering it’s [...]

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