Your Serve or Bluebird is still alive. Now what?
Late last week, Amex delivered bad news to huge numbers of Bluebird and Serve account holders. They shut down accounts due to “unusual usage...
Bluebird Serve Birdpocalypse: How to liquidate remaining gift cards
This morning Amex delivered bad news to huge numbers of Bluebird and Serve account holders. They shut down accounts due to “unusual usage patterns...
Amex kills Bluebird and Serve for many
Amex seems to have swept through all Serve and Bluebird accounts to identify any that were being used to manufacture spend. Identified account holders...
Credit Card Spend in 2016 and Beyond
There was a time when the US Mint sold dollar coins online at face value, with free shipping, and allowed customers to pay with...
Nationwide Buxx far less useful as of January 11 2016
Doctor of Credit warned us yesterday. Nationwide Bank had changed the terms on their Visa Buxx cards. Previously, you could load Nationwide Buxx debit...
How bad were my 2015 predictions?
I probably should have just swept these predictions under the rug and forgotten about them. In January, I published my predictions for 2015. Every...
Increasing credit card spend with Serve
Note: On January 8, 2016 American Express sent out a notice to a large number of Bluebird & Serve cardholders informing them that loading...
How to cheat Discover’s Deal of the Year… Or not
When Discover’s Apple Pay promotion first appeared, it seemed too good to be true. Not only did Discover promise to give cardholders a 10%...
American Express Serve adds Rite Aid and Dollar General to free cash reload network
Note: On January 8, 2016 American Express sent out a notice to a large number of Bluebird & Serve cardholders informing them that loading...
Second look at Revolut: Not ready for US customers, except for one great feature…
Last month I wrote about a new prepaid product designed for global travelers: Revolut. Revolut is both a smart phone app and a prepaid...
Plastiq adds new 1.5% promo, but drops prepaid cards from 0% fee debit option
Plastiq, the bill payment service that lets you pay bills via credit card, has introduced a new promotion: Get a 1.5% rate for all...
1,200,000 miles for Necker Island: Not easy. Not free.
Yesterday I reported my success in earning 1.2 million Virgin Atlantic miles which I plan to use for a week on Sir Richard Branson’s...
Plastiq debit card payments now fee free
UPDATE: The no fee option no longer applies to gift cards or other prepaid cards
The Plastiq bill payment service normally charges a 2.5% fee,...
PayPal employee answers: Faster money back? Why work for evil?
Background:
In order to earn miles & points, many people “manufacture spend”. That is, people find ways to increase credit card spend (to get rewards)...
