Banking & Investing 101
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Chase Autosave Offer: Get $5 (Requires Checking and Savings Accounts)
Chase offers an offer for checking and savings accounts. By using their Autosave account to automatically save, you can get a $5 reward by making deposits of $30+ within 30 days. B...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform Coinbase Overview: 2021.03.27 Watch a Video and Answer Questions to Get $6 in Free Crypto
About Coinbase Coinbase was founded in 2012 and is one of the earliest cryptocurrency trading platforms in the world, and one of the largest in the U.S. Coinbase provides a platfor...
Cash App | Testing Cash Debit Use Outside the U.S. (e.g. China)
Cash App was one of the must-have deal-hunting tools of 2020. There were even frequent huge deals, such as: Cash App | Unlock a no-minimum $50 off with Schwab ACH Cash App Weekly D...
A Data Point on a Charles Schwab Shutdown, "Possibly Triggered by MR Cashouts"
WeChat reader Hu Liang shared a data point today about getting shut down by Charles Schwab. Background: Did not apply for the Debit card Had only been using the account to cash out...
Cash App | Get 5–10% Back in Bitcoin on Purchases, Limited to 3 Transactions, Up to $7.5 Back Each
Friendly reminder: Cash App charges pretty painful fees to withdraw Bitcoin, so think carefully before doing it! [Update] It’s back again after refreshing. It may be 10%, with the...
Futu NiuNiu Stock Investing Platform Review: No SSN Required, Plus Free Stock + Fund Yield Voucher for Opening an Account
Previously, we introduced Futu Moomoo, Futu’s investing platform built for the US market. Registration requires an SSN, and earnings are taxed under US tax rules. But if you do not...
Cash App | $5 off with no minimum purchase requirement after 5 transactions of any amount
Cash App launched a pretty good promotion on the 12th: make 5 purchases anywhere, with no minimum amount per transaction, and unlock a $5 off offer with no minimum purchase require...
"Renamed the Diaochan Card" — Sable Is Launching a Cashback Program (A US Bank Account You Can Apply for Remotely Without an SSN)
[Update] Sable’s Chinese name has changed. It’s now something much more classical: the Diaochan Card (it used to be called the Cheetah Card). Not sure whether that’s because it has...
Beam Saving Account Review [2020.10 Update: Warning! You May Not Be Able to Withdraw Your Money!]
According to CNBC, many users have been trying to move money out of their beam accounts, but their withdrawal requests have remained pending. beam says its partner bank has imposed...
“Refunds don’t claw back the bonus” Cash App | 25% off travel purchases, up to $10 off [Temporarily Expired]
[Update 2] Based on our testing, for some Cash App offers, if you get a refund after using the offer, Cash App still refunds the full original amount. For example, with the Travel...
The World’s First Wooden Debit Card — TreeCard [Update: The Referral Bonus Helps Plant More Trees]
There are a lot of fintech startups in the U.S., and when they launch a new product, they often promote it with a waitlist. Most of the time, those launches fizzle out, and all you...