My half-baked Kickfurther Review
Kickfurther is a platform that lets companies seek funding from the Kickfurther community by offering a return on investment (such as 8% profit in 10 months, for example). Technically, these offers aren’t really loans. ...
The art of gift card churning in 2016
What is gift card churning?
Gift card churning is the art of buying and liquidating gift cards for the purpose of saving money, earning money, earning extra points, and/or increasing credit card spend. Here are...
Amex freezes Bluebird and Serve cardholders off-schedule
UPDATE: This round may be limited to people who somehow opened a new card on March 4th after having their old card frozen. See post comments for details.
Amex has again sent out emails to...
Starbird? Will the Starbucks prepaid card be the next big thing?
Starbucks has announced that they will introduce a prepaid card by the end of the year. Will this be the next big thing? For years, American Express prepaid products, Bluebird and Serve, made it...
[EXPIRED] $15 off $75+ at eBay. Stack with gift card deals!
Valid through 5pm ET today, eBay is offering $15 off any purchase of $75 or more.
Important Notes
You must checkout with PayPal (empty your PayPal account first in order to pay with a linked credit...
Pay Federal or State Taxes by MasterCard for 1.75%
The bill payment service, Plastiq, has just announced a promotion in which you can pay your federal or state taxes with a MasterCard credit card with a lower than usual fee of 1.75% (Plasitiq...
Top 5 reasons to pay federal taxes with a credit card or gift card
UPDATE: This post is out of date. .
It’s tax season (“Wabbit season!”) which means that it’s time to answer the age old question: “Should I pay federal taxes with a credit card?” Whether you...
My current go-to options for buying Visa gift cards
Following Amex’s second wave attack on Bluebird and Serve cardholders, it may seem strange for me to write about options for buying Visa gift cards. After all, Bluebird and Serve are/were among the best...
Amex lowers the boom on Bluebird and Serve again
Exactly 9 weeks ago, Amex lowered the boom on many Bluebird and Serve cardholders. While they didn’t outright shut down accounts, they did bar them from loading new funds. Most people with frozen accounts...
GiftCards.com returns to portals (updated w/ iConsumer)
A few weeks ago I reported that GiftCards.com had disappeared from portals (see: “What happened to GiftCards.com?”). Now, they’re back.
iConsumer is again offering 1.6% cash back (+ stock shares) :
This link will take you...
Bet You Didn’t Know: A Map of Walmart MoneyCenter Kiosk Locations
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
I'm filing today's post under the category "better late than never." Or maybe that should be "better late than never?"
I've been meaning to write up this tip for a couple...
Warning: Simon Malls Now Coding as a Cash Advance for Some People
Some purchases of gift cards at Simon Malls are coding as cash advances and what you should do to avoid any issues.
The 200K deal I didn’t kill, but should have
In the past several months I’ve been telling people that one of the best deals in points & miles was on its last legs. If they wanted to get in on it, I advised...
An opportunity for increased credit card spend for Canadians?
Earlier this month I came across a press release for a digital wallet service called UGO Pay. Here’s a snippet:
UGO launches peer-to-peer money transfer capabilities with the addition of UGO Pay
TORONTO , Feb. 1,...
