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Top 5 reasons to pay federal taxes with a credit card or gift card

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UPDATE: This post is out of date.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...
buying Visa gift cards

My current go-to options for buying Visa gift cards

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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...
Bluebird and Serve accounts frozen

Amex lowers the boom on Bluebird and Serve again

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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...

GiftCards.com returns to portals (updated w/ iConsumer)

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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%...
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Bet You Didn’t Know: A Map of Walmart MoneyCenter Kiosk Locations

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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...
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Warning: Simon Malls Now Coding as a Cash Advance for Some People

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Some purchases of gift cards at Simon Malls are coding as cash advances and what you should do to avoid any issues.
Deal Kill

The 200K deal I didn’t kill, but should have

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In the past several months I’ve been telling people that one of the best deals in points & miles was on its last legs. ...
Manufactured Spend

An opportunity for increased credit card spend for Canadians?

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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...
GiftCards.com Missing from Portals

What happened to GiftCards.com?

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UPDATE 2/21/2016: Portal Rewards are Back Recently, GiftCards.com became the place to buy Visa gift cards.  With Simply Best Coupons offering 1.5% cash back and...
iConsumer

Can iConsumer really deliver cash + shares? My interview with iConsumer’s founder.

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A new cash back portal, iConsumer, made a big splash last month by offering some of the best cash back rates around.  Some examples...
Which cards allow debit reloads

Connecting the dots: Prepaid cards that allow debit reloads

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Following the widespread shutdowns Amex inflicted on Bluebird and Serve cardholders, people are rushing to find alternatives.  There are many manufactured spend opportunities that...

Earn 300 Plenti points reloading your Green Dot card at Rite Aid

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Rite Aid is running an ad this week offering 300 Plenti points when you swipe your Green Dot card and reload at least $50...
prepaid card manufactured spend

Best practices for increasing credit card spend through prepaid cards

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Earlier this week, I published “My winter 2016 approach to manufactured spending.”  In that post I mentioned that all 6 of the Serve cards...
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Should you borrow money to get up to 35,000 United miles from Prosper?

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Yesterday morning, I received an offer to get up to 35,000 United miles with a personal loan from Prosper.  The offer is for 1...

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